Marsha stood in front of a painting, its colors a whirlwind of smears and dots. she peered down at the ink drawing clenched tightly in her fist. she would never find this particular painting in such a grand hall as this. which phrase from the example contains figurative language? a. ink drawing clenched tightly in her fist b. in such a grand hall as this c. its colors a whirlwind of smears and dots d. stood in front of a painting

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. then, his chores being all dispatched, he caught another brace of men to make his breakfast, and whisked away his great door slab to let his sheep go through—but he, behind, reset the stone as one would cap a quiver. the use of the epic simile in this excerpt readers understand that— they cyclops has eaten another bunch of odysseus men. odysseus and his men are still trapped inside the cave. the enormous stone is easily and routinely moved my the giant cyclops the cyclops takes his sheep out to pasture with him in the mornings