Which satirical technique is best illustrated in the following statement? tonya belted out "the star spangled banner" with perfect pitch. shes an ok vocalist a. understatement b. sarcasm c. hyperbole d. irony

A) Understatement.

Explanation: An understatement is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. In the given statement we can see illustrated the satirical technique of understatement, because after the speaker says that Tonya sang "the star spangled banner" with perfect pitch, he says that she is an ok vocalist, which seems that is downplaying Tonya's singing abilities.

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(i'm bad at sudden poems so don't yell at me i'm trying to represent sadness or something like that but its real hard)

at the age of 4, she thought everything was better.

she was innocent, she was joyful, despite the predictions about the bad weather.

at the age of 10, she started to figure things out.

in life, in its meaning, she started to doubt.

at the age of 14, she was filled with depression, anxiety and fear,

that nobody cared about her, and death was drawing near.

at the age of 17, her sleeves got longer, her will got shorter, until she couldn't take it anymore.

she left this earth with a rope, chair and to the heavens she would soar.