Question

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey.

Answer 1

Answer: C-The Cyclops’ effort to move the stone is compared to a simple task, showing his strength.

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things directly by using connecting words (such as like, as, so, etc.). In this sentence, the sentence "as one would cap a quiver" is comparing how easy it would be for a person to cap a quiver with how easy it was for the Cyclops to move the stone. It is a way to express his enormous strength without mentioning it explicitly.

Answer 2

The Cyclops's effort to move the stone is compared to a simple task, showing his strength is corect