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Which sentence from "Fish Cheeks” is meant to entertain readers?

A slimy rock cod with bulging fish eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil.
She was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns.
Robert and their family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them.
My relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish.

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The sentence from "Fish Cheeks" that is meant to entertain readers is the following:

A. A slimy rock cod with bulging fish eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil.

  • When authors wish to entertain readers, they strive to write something funny and interesting.
  • In "Fish Cheeks," a short story by Amy Tan, the author seeks to entertain readers by describing the food being cooked by the narrator's mother in a detailed and interesting way.
  • Of course, a living fish could not plead, much less a dead one. But such a description evokes an image for the reader.
  • We can imagine the poor fish with its big eyes, begging not to be fried.
  • Impossible as it is, the description is funny and entertaining.

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