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Question #57486

English Literature

Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?

Options:

A) embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine

B) repetition of parallel syntactic structures

C) ironic understatement

D) stress on every third diphthong

Answer: Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ironic understatement.

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