Question

what are the literary device used in the following sentences /extracts Indicate why you think the lines represent a particularl literary device?The Assyrian came down like a Wolf on the field.

Answer 1

The literary device used here is ‘simile’. I think that a simile is used here because the descending action of the Assyrian was compared to that of a wolf as it would descend on the field.
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