Understatement–Luisana
Luisana Chavez
Mr. Samaniego
Period 3 – Adv. English
25 September 2018
Rhetoric
Understatement
Exercise 1.
1 Our school spirit is, shall we say, less than overwhelmingly enthusiastic.
- the meal was
The Christmas dinner feast is always so packed with food from all around the world, it’s pretty good.
- our team
Our team was happy today after winning 25 games in the past month.
- the television show was
That show was #1 all year, people couldn’t stop talking about it, it was a good show.
- The band is
Beyonce is a good singer.
6 as a performer
When she was done hitting that high note, the crowd was pleased.