Read the passage.

Michael was a really big guy. He was a linebacker on the football team, and his shoulders were twice the size of most people's. Everyone knows Michael at school, but no one actually knows his real name. They just call him "Tiny."

Which literary device is the author using?

understatement

paradox

verbal irony

symbolism

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Annabella Deleon

3 July, 06:31

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Dalia Cuevas · Answer 1

Maybe it's verbal irony, because they call him tiny even though he's big. but i feel like it could be symbolism. I'd go with verbal irony.