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. And then they arrived - the minister's family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages. Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence. —“Fish Cheeks,”
Amy Tan

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Which literary device is Tan using when she pretends that she is not interested in Robert?

Why does she use this device?

One person's trash is another person's treasure. instead of discarding unwanted appliances, tools, or clothes, try selling or donating them. karen wants to explain that discarding means "throwing away." which of the following passages has karen written correctly? "one person's trash is another person's treasure. instead of discarding . . throwing away . . unwanted appliances, tools, or clothes, try selling or donating them." "one person's trash is another person's treasure. instead of discarding--throwing away--unwanted appliances, tools, or clothes, try selling or donating them." "one person's trash is another person's treasure. instead of discarding [throwing away] unwanted appliances, tools, or clothes, try selling or donating them." "one person's trash is another person's treasure. instead of discarding (throwing away) unwanted appliances, tools, or clothes, try selling or donating them."