All within hearing immediately turned about and beheld the semblance of Mr. Hooper pacing slowly his meditative way toward the meeting-house. With one accord they started, expressing more wonder than if some strange minister were coming to dust the cushions of Mr. Hooper’s pulpit.
“Are you sure it is our parson?” inquired Goodman Gray of the sexton.
“Of a certainty it is good Mr. Hooper,” replied the sexton. “He was to have exchanged pulpits with Parson Shute of Westbury, but Parson Shute sent to excuse himself yesterday, being to preach a funeral sermon.”
The cause of so much amazement may appear sufficiently slight.
Question
Which answer choice explains the understatement in these paragraphs?(1 point)
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The sexton’s description of Mr. Hooper as “good” is an example of understatement.
The sexton’s description of Mr. Hooper as “good” is an example of understatement.
The narrator’s description of the cause as “sufficiently slight” is an example of understatement.
The narrator’s description of the cause as “sufficiently slight” is an example of understatement.
Goodman Gray’s question to the sexton is an example of understatement.
Goodman Gray’s question to the sexton is an example of understatement.
The explanation of why the pulpits were not exchanged is an example of understatement.
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The correct answer is:
The narrator’s description of the cause as “sufficiently slight” is an example of understatement.
This choice highlights how the narrator downplays the significance of the amazement surrounding Mr. Hooper's appearance, suggesting that the reaction is disproportionate to what has occurred.
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