Which excerpt from “Fish Cheeks” uses figurative language? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires. My relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish.

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Answer:

The answer would be C. A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.

Explanation:

This is the answer because (here are my edge notes) Figurative language is language that is not meant to be taken literally.

A simile is a kind of figurative language. It is a comparison of two different things that uses the words "like" or "as."

Figurative language is the use of expressions and words with no literal meaning. In the story, “Fish Cheeks” the plate of squid compared to bicycle tires uses figurative language.

What is figurative language?

A figurative language is the expression of the sentence without literal and realistic meanings used to exaggerate and compare them with other things to add creativity and attraction.

The writer Amy Tan uses metaphor to describe how the plate of squids prepared for dinner looks inedible. Metaphor is a figurative language that compares the object with an incomparable object.

Therefore, option C. plate of squids looking tires of bicycle uses figurative language.

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