Question

Identify the literary devices used in the sentences below. No further explanation is required.
1. The men at the windows had not yet swooped into the Hall, like birds of prey from their high perches.
2. Every green leaf, every blade of grass and blade of grain, was as shriveled and poor as the miserable people

Answer 1

Answer:

Literacy device is simile

Answer 2

Answer:

Simile

Explanation:

The literary device used in given examples is Simile.

In English literature, simile is basically a figure of speech where two things are compared with one another, though they are of some different kinds

For example, in second statement, the green leaves are compared with people, now they are totally different yet they are compared for their poor or weak condition