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After a disaster a writer calls it a spot of bother, deliberately playing it down. That device is:

AUnderstatement
BSimple metaphor
CGrand hyperbole
DPlain repetition
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Understatement
1. The event is made to sound smaller. 2. It puts distance between reader and truth. 3. It is understatement. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 9, Rhetorical Analysis._
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