Ben growled at the man who parked too close to his car. he was always guarding his prized possession. don’t get too close or he might bite!
which figure of speech, or literary device, does the author use in the passage?

I would like to believe that the figure of speech being used here is an idiom.

An idiom is a word or phrase which cannot be taken literally. Here, we see that the man is being compared to a dog and that he 'might bite'. The man will not really bite whoever gets close to the car, but he will get very upset!

in this passage from "animal farm", by george orwell, the statement that best explains how boxer's response supports the author's purpose in writing an allegory is option b) orwell uses boxer's decision to avoid more carnage by working hard to show how the working class was manipulated. boxer and the other animals feel they are responsible for their carnage because napoleon uses propaganda to manipulate the animals of the farm.

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