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Epic Simile: "…its crackling roots blazed and hissed - as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens - that’s the iron’s strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake.”
Commentary: Odysseus compares the sizzling sound of the Cyclops’ eye to that of sticking fire-hot metal in cold water
im not too sure about the first one, hope this helps :)
And what about it !.!.!.!.
Mans obsession with perfection can ultimately end in ruin.
The answer is D.
In both speaking and writing, you are trying to convey a message. Even if you are just telling a story, or writing a fictional novel, you then want to take your audience to this made up place. You need details, but more importantly, you need words that are best suited to your audience. You have to be precise. If it's a younger audience, you wouldn't use complicated words, but if you're talking/writing about the subject of your phd, you're going to use a more technical language.
B. Using “hide” to remember the word “hideous”
