Read the body paragraph from an interpretive analysis of literary texts. Amy Tan uses figurative language in "Two Kinds" to express a young Chinese American girl's frustration with her mother's expectation of perfection. Tan's main character remembers thinking, "Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high-pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror."

What should come next in this body paragraph?

a reason that supports the writer's thesis
a definition of figurative language
a quotation from another literary text
a comment that states the author's viewpoint

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