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Not surprisingly, Abuela was busy cooking up a storm for our family dinner. I spied the freshly made salsa on the counter and couldn’t resist sneaking a spoonful. It was superb as always, and I savored the fire on my tongue.

Question
Review the underlined words above and then select the one type of figurative language that is used to develop the cultural setting of the passage.(1 point)
Responses

idiom
idiom

simile
simile

allusion
allusion

personification
personification

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
idiom — "cooking up a storm" is an idiom meaning to cook a lot/energetically; it helps convey the lively family cooking setting.