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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.

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form a picture of flashing light.

Explanation: "create lightning in the room" is figurative (a metaphor) that evokes a vivid image of sudden, bright flashes of light from the switch.