There's a MAJOR chance this is incorrect but this may say "cautionary wind". If wrong I'll check again
A metaphor is a comparison between two things without using the words "like" or "as" (which would make it a simile). In this paragraph, the cyclops is compared to a large mountain. The effect of the metaphor is thus 1) to make a comparison and 2) to give the reader a visual image of the cyclops as a huge entity.
Strategies like "choose the best answer" mean that if the question was, for example, "in Charlottes web, how does Charlotte feel about the animals" the answers could then be:
a: she felt that they were here true friends
b: she liked them
c: she hated the animals
d: burrito
you know that d and c dont make any sense, but a and be are both correct. so which one is better? the one that is more detailed, but not just MORE detailed, but better detailed. so the answer would then be a
The very first sentence, it explains what happens
