Question

Which excerpts contain examples of epic similes? Select 3 options. "…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." Or are you wandering rogues, who cast your lives like dice, and ravage other folk by sea?' Then he dismembered them and made his meal, gaping and crunching like a mountain lion— everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones. When the young Dawn with finger tips of rose lit up the world, the Cyclops built a fire and milked his handsome ewes, all in due order, putting the sucklings to the mothers.

Answer 1

In the given paragraph the simile is 'the iron's strength.'

Explanation:

• A simile is a figure of speech that is used to compare two things.  
• A simile often connects two things using the words 'as,' or 'than' etc.  
• In the given excerpt, 'the irons' strength' is simile.
• As the iron is so strong so this figure of speech is used to show the strength of temper.  

Answer 2

Answer:

option A is the Correct Answer