Plz !
when you write a short story, why might you use a thesaurus to look up synonyms of descriptive words?
to add more words to your story
to be more precise in your writing
to vary the language and word choice
to distinguish between word meanings

to vary the language and word choice

Looking up words in a thesaurus gives you a variety of words to choose from that have a similar definition to that word. A thesaurus should not be used to just add more words, since this would just make your story repetitive. It can help you be more precise if you know the exact meaning of the other words in the thesaurus. However, being more precise would really just give you more variety in language and word choice.

to vary the language and word choice

"Looking up words in a thesaurus gives you a variety of words to choose from that have a similar definition to that word. A thesaurus should not be used to just add more words, since this would just make your story repetitive. It can help you be more precise if you know the exact meaning of the other words in the thesaurus. However, being more precise would really just give you more variety in language and word choice."

halibut, flounder, tuna, and trout are all fish. so your first answer is 1.) fish. and since fish is edible, your next answer would be 3). edible

to describe those fishes more thoroughly, some of those fishes live in fresh water, and some of the fishes live in salt water, and that is not a thing that they all have in common. the question is asking what is common with all of the fish, so answer choices 2). fresh water and 4). salt water are not right.