Question

Read the excerpt from Part 4 of The Odyssey.

Answer 1

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."

Answer 2

Odysseus’s men are compared to caught fish, showing their helplessness.