Which of the following statements would best be characterized as an example of litotes? "Call me Ishmael" is the first line of a famous book. William Shakespeare wasn't a terrible playwright. I was not running in the halls at school today! I visited my grandmother in Florida last summer.

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Which of the following statements would best be characterized as an example of litotes? "Call me Ishmael" is the first line of a famous book. William Shakespeare wasn't a terrible playwright. I was not running in the halls at school today! I visited my grandmother in Florida last summer.

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The statement "William Shakespeare wasn't a terrible playwright" best exemplifies litotes, as it employs understatement to express the idea that Shakespeare was actually quite skilled as a playwright.

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Which of the following statements would best be characterized as an example of litotes? "Call me Ishmael" is the first line of a famous book. William Shakespeare wasn't a terrible playwright. I was not running in the halls at school today! I visited my grandmother in Florida last summer.

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