What does “he threw his glasses across the room” mean

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey

Which describes the effect the use of figurative language has on the tone of this excerpt? select all that apply

He had fished in the river since ten years and he was a good fisherman. he know where to found the slim sliver chilwa fish, a big beautiful mahseer and the long moustache singhara. he know where the river was deep but where it is shallow; he knew which baits to use - which fish like worms and which liked gram. edit the above