Question
Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.
I pushed a chair under it and after some instruction from my mother proceeded to create lightning in the room by turning the switch as fast as I could.
The author uses figurative language to
form a picture of flashing light.
compare himself to his mother.
give human qualities to the light.
imagine what the chair looks like.
I pushed a chair under it and after some instruction from my mother proceeded to create lightning in the room by turning the switch as fast as I could.
The author uses figurative language to
form a picture of flashing light.
compare himself to his mother.
give human qualities to the light.
imagine what the chair looks like.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The author uses figurative language to **form a picture of flashing light**. The phrase "create lightning in the room" is a metaphor that helps to visualize the rapid action of turning on the light, emphasizing its brightness and the suddenness of illumination.