To identify a simile or a metaphor, a reader must look for a comparison between two unlike things.
very descriptive pieces of language.
the use of words such as very and almost.
statements that are completely literal.

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses

Correct sentence. when her brother boarded the ship bound for america, christina stood on the pier and tearfully waved goodbye.

What do the sketches of 9/11 victims in "portraits of grief" achieve?