Which answer choice correctly defines understatement? (1 point)

Question

A. • the use of ridicule to lower someone or something in a reader's or character's esteem
B. • a third-person narration that explains the thoughts of all characters in a literary work
C. • the presentation of something as less than it really is
D. • bitter expression that may state the opposite of what is meant

Answer 1

C. • the presentation of something as less than it really is