Question

Read the sentence below and answer the following question: If that was just a quiz, then the six chapters of European history it covered were just postcards from someone's summer vacation. Which answer best identifies the figurative language used in this sentence? It uses sarcasm to explain how hard the quiz was. It uses understatement to explain how easy the quiz was. It uses analogy to describe the subject matter of the quiz. It uses imagery to imply the quiz was too long.

Answer 1

In this sentence the description of the European history, which has been so important and far reaching, is presented as very little and of less importance than it really is, so it is an understatement.

Question: Which answer best identifies the figurative language used in this sentence?

Answer: B. It uses understatement to explain how easy the quiz was.