Read the excerpt from "Amigo Brothers" by Piri Thomas. The fear soon gave way to wave upon wave of cheering as the two amigos embraced.

No matter what the decision, they knew they would always be champions to each other.

Bong! Bong! Bong! "Ladies and Gentlemen. Señores and Señoras. The winner and representative to the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions is . . .”

The announcer turned to point to the winner and found himself alone. Arm in arm the champions had already left the ring.

¡¡Punto!!

This excerpt is an example of .

metaphor

Explanation:

This is a metaphor since its  a figure of speech which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.

answers may vary, but my guess based on my personal education it has alwats been 3 or 4