This sentence has unequal ideas joined by a subordination conjunction.
Since the ideas in the sentence imply causation (the broken pulleys caused the inability to raise the flag) it means that the ideas are unequal. It is also necessary to join them with a subordinating conjunction, which show the causality within the sentence. In this case that subordination conjunction is "because".
Answer:
The main idea is a brief statement off of what you read. A summary is something that you gather all supporting points into a paragraph.
Explanation:
The answer would be "She felt like a popsicle left in a freezer long enough to be shriveled" because it uses the word "like" which indicates that this sentence is a simile, and similies are a form of Figurative Language.