What Is It? Lazy eye, also called amblyopia, is an eye problem that can occur in growing children. In the typical child with lazy eye, the right and left eyes have significantly different qualities of vision, so that the images produced by one eye are weak or distorted compared with the images produced by the other eye.
Understatement Examples. Understatement is a figure of speech in which there is a contrast between the description and reality. As such, understatement can be used to reflect modesty, sarcasm, derogatory or complimentary tone.
Sarcasm is an extreme type of understatement where the speaker says the opposite of what they mean. Finally, litotes are another type of understatement that relies on the use of negatives, or even double negatives, to focus attention on a specific quality. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.