Which literary device is most evident in the sentence ‘The wind howled like a banshee over the deserted corridors’?
Answer
Simile
The correct answer is Simile — Hence the correct device is a simile.
Step-by-step solution
- The sentence compares the wind to a banshee using the word ‘like’, which is a characteristic of a simile.
- It is not a metaphor because the comparison is explicit with ‘like’.
- Hence the correct device is a simile.
Common mistake: Confusing simile with metaphor
Concept tested: Identifying figurative language
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