Question

read the excerpt from part 2 of the odyssey.
a prodigious man
slept in this cave alone, and took his flocks
to graze afield—remote from all companions,
knowing none but savage ways, a brute
so huge, the cyclops seemed no man at all of those
who eat good wheaten bread; but he seemed rather
a shaggy mountain reared in solitude.
what does the metaphor add to the passage? choose two answers.
□ a description of the cyclops eating habits
□ a comparison between the cyclops and a large land form
□ an illustration of the cyclops cave
□ a visual image of the cyclops size
□ a comparison between the cyclops and odysseus

Explanation:

The metaphor in the passage compares the Cyclops to "a shaggy mountain reared in solitude." This directly creates a comparison between the Cyclops and a large land form (the mountain), and the image of a mountain also gives a clear visual sense of the Cyclops' immense size. The other options are incorrect: the passage does not reference eating habits, focus on the cave, or compare the Cyclops to Odysseus.

Answer:

• a comparison between the Cyclops and a large land form
• a visual image of the Cyclops' size