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.
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simile
simile
metaphor
metaphor
hyperbole
hyperbole
idiom
idiom
personification
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The two types of figurative language used to develop the cultural setting of the passage are:
While the passage primarily contains sensory imagery and description, the use of "cooking up a storm" is an idiom, and the act of savoring the salsa can be seen as personification since the focus is on the experience of taste in a lively manner.
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