Which of these phrases is an example of understatement?

a. i'm exhausted because i ran in a million circles all day.
b. i ran into my english teacher when i went to pick up my mom at
the airport.
c. i just love it when my baby brother wakes me up crying at all hours
of the night.
d. the brand new mercedes i won in a raffle is nice.

What is the relationship between paragraph 2 paragraph 3 through 29?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

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