Read the excerpt from part 4 of the odyssey. i happened to glance aft at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and legs, dangling high overhead. voices came down to me in anguish, calling my name for the last time. a man surfcasting on a point of rock for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod to drop the sinker and the bait far out, will hook a fish and rip it from the surface to dangle wriggling through the air: so these were borne aloft in spasms toward the cliff. which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt? odysseus’s men are compared to fishermen, showing their resourcefulness. odysseus’s men are compared to fishermen, showing their love of the sea. odysseus’s men are compared to caught fish, showing their history. odysseus’s men are compared to caught fish, showing their .

Odysseus’s men are compared to caught fish, showing their helplessness.

A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. In this simile Odysseus's men are compared to caught fish. They are described as dangling and wriggling just as a fish would that is caught on a fisherman's line.  They can not escape so they are helpless. The image does not show the history of the men. The monster that holds the men is the fisherman.

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an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.