My best friend is a white girl named denise— we look at boys together. she sat in front of me all through grade school because of our names: o’connor, ozawa. in the excerpt, okita reveals significant details about religion and culture. race and friendship. internment and prison. youth and love.

i think the answer is invented words, rhyming knack, alliteration, and, metaphor.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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