Gerund phrases are used as nouns
Answer:
1. Implying that the effort the firefighters showed was great and comparable to the immense strength of Hercules. Further implies that they are heroes, like Hercules.
2. Implying that Quinn's weakness is chocolate and has a greater effect in portraying her vulnerabilities despite how she sticks to healthy eating.
3. The friend is playing as a matchmaker and evokes the proudness of the friend in comparing herself to a Roman God.
4. Portrays the great harm of the situation.
An explanation of what to do wasn't really provided so I just tried as best as I could. Hope this helped
An allusion. The basic definition is on google if you need to fact check this! (:
