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

The author uses figurative language to create an image inside the readers head to help picture how the room might look as he turned the light on and off.

Explanation:

The author is trying to help the reader see how the room might look, as the boy turned the light switch off and on fast. The author described this as "create lightning", but it wasn't really lightning

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