Question

Use the passage to answer the question.



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.



Select the two types of figurative language that are used to develop the cultural setting of the passage.

(2 points)
Responses

personification
personification

idiom
idiom

simile
simile

allusion
allusion

metaphor

Answer 1

idiom and metaphor

- "cooking up a storm" is an idiom.
- "savored the fire on my tongue" is a metaphor describing the salsa's spiciness.