Nando's family lives within the lower income bracket illustrates

Analyze the question: The sentence is "Nando's family lives within the lower income bracket." We need to identify the figure of speech or literary device it illustrates. The key is to notice that the writer avoids the blunt word "poor."

Explain the concept:

• Sarcasm: saying the opposite of what you mean in order to mock or hurt (e.g., "Oh, great job!" after someone fails).
• Allusion: an indirect reference to a well-known person, event, or work (e.g., "He is a Judas").
• Climax: ideas arranged in rising order of importance or intensity.
• Euphemism: replacing a harsh, blunt, or unpleasant word with a milder, more polite one (e.g., "passed away" for "died", "senior citizen" for "old person").

Solution:

1. The plain meaning of the sentence is "Nando's family is poor."
2. The writer chose "lives within the lower income bracket" instead. This is softer and more polite, and it hides the harshness of the word "poor."
3. There is no mockery (so not sarcasm), no reference to a famous person or event (so not allusion), and no build-up of ideas (so not climax).
4. A mild expression used in place of a harsh one is exactly what a euphemism is.

Answer: D. euphemism

Exam tip: When a phrase seems to "dress up" an unpleasant idea (death, poverty, unemployment, old age), think euphemism. Examples include "between jobs" for unemployed, "economically disadvantaged" for poor, and "late" for dead.