Look back and find the actual sentence in which the author states her main point

we need to see the examples!

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.

what are the words supposed to be listed?

whatever is after like is what is being compared they are comparing bumping into you like they are scared to catch germs you have and to you being contagious