Answer:
summarizing is when you are telling a brief and exact story or point but paraphrasing is like writing the full story but still getting the point and people always want a brief point that still makes sense.
Answer:Upon returning to the kingdom of King Polydectes he thought of punishing them for being so wicked and cruel including his people. He tricked King Polydectes to call his people to gather in order to witness Medusa's head with snaky locks completely forgetting that whoever stares at the head shall turn into cold stone
Explanation:
You have not informed which Mark Twain story you are referring to, which makes it impossible to answer your question. However I can help you by showing what a simile is and what its effect is within a story.
A simile is a figure of speech that has the ability to compare two objects, beings or situations, which are very different from each other, but which have a certain similarity that allows this comparison to be made. In other words, we can say that the simile is a comparison of different but analogous elements.
Within a text, the simile is used to extend a meaning and better explain an argument, making the comparison so that the meaning of something is easily perceived and established.
An example of this can be seen in the following sentence, which was written by Mark Twain: "Dan'l give a heave, and hysted up his shoulders so like a Frenchman, but it wan's no use he couldn't budge; he was planted as solid as an anvil, and he couldn't no more stir than if he was anchored out."
