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Descriptive Word Choice in "Fish Cheeks" — Quiz

Question 1 • English Language Arts 8

Which excerpt from “Fish Cheeks” uses figurative language?

Answer

A

What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners?

B

On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu.

C

A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.

D

My relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish.

Explanation

The excerpt compares the squid’s knife markings to bicycle tires, using “resembled” to make a figurative comparison. This is a simile, so choice C uses figurative language. The other excerpts describe thoughts or events without a comparable figure of speech.

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