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Why does the author use a simile in the following sentence?

Like silent, hungry sharks that swim in the darkness, the German submarines arrived in the middle of the night.

Asked by SHIT, Last updated: Apr 14, 2024

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SHIT

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Answered Nov 14, 2019

To emphasize how frightening the arrival of German submarines was to the people of Willemstad.

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John Adney

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Answered Dec 03, 2017

To emphasize how frightening German submarines were to the people of Willemstad

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Answered Oct 11, 2017

To describe what the geman submarines look like in the cay book

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John Smith

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Answered Mar 14, 2017

B) to emphasize how frightening the arrival of German submarines was to the people of Willemstad.
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