Which term accurately defines litotes, a common rhetorical technique used in Old English poetry?

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Ornamentation supporting Christian themesUse of repeated syntactic patternsDeliberate understatement achieved through ironyEmphasis placed on every third vowel clusterNo valid choice

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Litotes is a rhetorical figure involving ironic understatement, often used to convey an affirmative by negating its opposite. It is distinct from embellishment of religious themes, syntactic repetition, or metrical stress patterns.

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Which term accurately defines litotes, a common rhetorical technique used in Old English poetry?

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