English

Pennington

23 April, 19:35

Which details are precise words that have a strong

feeling or connotation? Select all that apply

saw

On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone

herself in creating a strange menu. She was pulling black

veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns. The kitchen was

littered with appalling mounds of raw food: A slimy rock

cod with bulging fish eyes that pleaded not to be thrown

into a pain of hot oil. Tofu, which looked like stacked

wedges of rubbery white sponges. A bowl soaking dried

fungus back to life. A plate of squid, their backs

crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled

bicycle tires.

-"Fish Cheeks,"Amy Tan

□saw

□strange

□littered

□rubbery

□fungus

□crisscrossed