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9 February, 09:12

Read the excerpt from part 2 of the odyssey we cried aloud, lifting our hands to Zeus, powerless looking on this, appalled but cyclops went on filling his belly up with manflesh and great gulps of whey then lay down like a mast among his sheep.

Which statement best explains the simile in This excerpt?

A. The cyclops is compared To Zeus because of his size.

B. The cyclops is compared to Zeus because of his power.

C. The cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his surrender.

D. The cyclops is compared to mast, or flagpole because of his size

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  1. 9 February, 09:29
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    The simile in this excerpt is then lay down like a mast among his sheep.

    The statement that best explains the simile in this excerpt is D. the cyclops is compared to mast, or flagpole because of his size.

    He is quite large, which is the reason why the narrator compares him to a mast.
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