Which sentence summarizes the story told in “the fish”?
gets away.
a woman catches a fish but the fish gets away.
a woman catches a fish and takes it home for dinner.
a woman catches a fish and then lets it go.
a woman catches a fish that grants her three wishes.

The correct answer is c) a woman catches a fish and then lets it go.

The sentence that summarizes the story told in “The Fish” is that a woman catches a fish and then lets it go.

In the story, a woman catches a big fish when he is fishing in a boat. She contemplates it over and over again while she has it. She sees that the fish has fought many times for not being caught. She respects the fish’s effort and when contemplating the colors in the oil spilled in the water, she lets the fish go.

The poem “The Fish” was written by poet Elizabeth Bishop.

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