Question
Which statements use the rhetorical device of understatement? Select two options.
A: Without a quick solution to the wildfire, we citizens may be in trouble.
B: The solution to plastic pollution is to drink tap water.
C: We do not need a solution right away, since two days is plenty of time to solve global food insecurity.
D: I know you think that a universal cure for disease is coming soon. Still, it does not seem that way right now.
E: I have an idea that I think would solve this problem, if only I knew where to share it.
A: Without a quick solution to the wildfire, we citizens may be in trouble.
B: The solution to plastic pollution is to drink tap water.
C: We do not need a solution right away, since two days is plenty of time to solve global food insecurity.
D: I know you think that a universal cure for disease is coming soon. Still, it does not seem that way right now.
E: I have an idea that I think would solve this problem, if only I knew where to share it.
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The two statements that use the rhetorical device of understatement are:
C: We do not need a solution right away, since two days is plenty of time to solve global food insecurity.
D: I know you think that a universal cure for disease is coming soon. Still, it does not seem that way right now.
Both of these statements downplay the seriousness of complex and pressing issues.
C: We do not need a solution right away, since two days is plenty of time to solve global food insecurity.
D: I know you think that a universal cure for disease is coming soon. Still, it does not seem that way right now.
Both of these statements downplay the seriousness of complex and pressing issues.