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Are and were are not action verbs. they aren't moving.
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#2
Epic Simile: "…its crackling roots blazed and hissed - as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens - that’s the iron’s strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake.”
Commentary: Odysseus compares the sizzling sound of the Cyclops’ eye to that of sticking fire-hot metal in cold water
im not too sure about the first one, hope this helps :)
Don’t get your hopes up.. I suck at writing too and everytime I try asking for help here no body does it