Which excerpt from "Fish Cheeksuses figurative language? A What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? B. On Christmas Eve saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. OA 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

Question

Which excerpt from "Fish Cheeksuses figurative language? A What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? B. On Christmas Eve saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. OA 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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

The excerpt from "Fish Cheeks" that uses figurative language is:

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

To identify if a passage contains figurative language, we need to look for words or phrases that are not meant to be taken literally and instead provide a vivid or imaginative description. In this case, the description of the squid's backs crisscrossed with knife markings, likening them to bicycle tires, is a use of figurative language. It's comparing the appearance of the squid to the pattern on bicycle tires to create a visual image in the reader's mind.