Patrick scored three goals in the toughest soccer match of the season, including the tiebreaker for the win. At home, when his roommate asked how Patrick had played, he responded, "I did all right." This is an example of

a. verbal irony.
b. a spoonerism.
c. a malapropism.
d. understatement.


Answer: d. understatement.

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