Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.but Cyclops went on filling up his bellywith manflesh and great gulps of whey,then lay down like a mast among his sheep.

The word “like” signals a comparison: the Cyclops lies down in a way that resembles a mast among the sheep. So the simile compares the Cyclops to the mast of a ship, making A correct.

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