We can explain the simile in the excerpt in the following manner:
The simile in the excerpt serves to <u>show readers that the Cyclops is extremely </u><u>strong</u>, and that lifting a heavy rock is no big deal for him.
- The excerpt we are analyzing here belongs to the epic poem "The Odyssey".
- The Cyclops is a one-eyed giant and the son of the god Poseidon.
- A simile is a comparison made with the help of the words "like" or "as".
- In order to show how strong the Cyclops is, the narrator compares the way he lifts the big and heavy rock to capping a quiver.
- In other words, the narrator shows with that comparison (simile) that <u>lifting a heavy rock is something easy for the Cyclops to do</u>.
- That means the Cyclops is extremely strong.
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<span>Or is not an example of transition word or phrase.</span>
Answer:
D. to link two unlike concepts: a bird and a church official
Explanation:
i took the test, ik lol
