Answer: D) Odysseus’s men are compared to caught fish, showing their helplessness.
Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that consists in making a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison is made using the words "like" or "as." In the given excerpt from "The Odyssey" we can see an example of a simile that compares Odysseuss's men to caught fish, specially in the phrase: "A man surfcasting on a point of rock for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod to drop the sinker and the bait far out, will hook a fish and rip it from the surface to dangle wriggling through the air."
