Which excerpts contain examples of epic similes? Check all that apply.

and they would put one cupful-ruby-colored,

honey-smooth-in twenty more of water,

but still the sweet scent hovered like a fume

over the winebowl.

Or are you wandering rogues, who cast your lives like dice, and ravage other folk by sea?'

Then he dismembered them and made his meal,

gaping and crunching like a mountain lion-

everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones.

When the young Dawn with finger tips of rose

lit up the world, the Cyclops built a fire

and milked his handsome ewes, all in due order, putting the sucklings to the mothers.

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Jamal Wolf

2 June, 21:22

Which excerpts contain examples of epic similes? Check all that apply.

and they would put one cupful-ruby-colored,

honey-smooth-in twenty more of water,

but still the sweet scent hovered like a fume

over the winebowl.

Or are you wandering rogues, who cast your lives like dice, and ravage other folk by sea?'

Then he dismembered them and made his meal,

gaping and crunching like a mountain lion-

everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones.

When the young Dawn with finger tips of rose

lit up the world, the Cyclops built a fire

and milked his handsome ewes, all in due order, putting the sucklings to the mothers.

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Jakayla Matthews · Answer 1

1) but still the sweet scent hovered like a fume

2) Or are you wandering rogues, who cast your lives like dice

3) gaping and crunching like a mountain lion-

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