A simile is an indirect comparison between two things using like or as, personification is the use of human characteristics to describe inanimate objects, paradox is a seeming contradiction, oxymoron is a combination of two words that seem to be contradictory and an anaphora is repetition of a word or phrase at the start of a series or clauses
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An epic poem is a long, serious, of someone explaining a significant event. It usually has a hero. They were used mostly in Anglo-Saxon literature because back then they never wrote anything down. Most stories were told orally. A great example would be <em>Beowulf.</em>
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A context clue occurs when you don't know a word, or one of its meanings, but the entire text, or another word in the same sentence, presents you with a context that allows you to understand what the unknown word represents.
In the case of your question, you should look for a word in the sentence that is related to the word "mission" and that is contextualizing it. Esssa is the context clue.