This is the Central Argument that dominant and controlling argument.
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Answer:
The literary device that is used in this extract is SIMILIE.
Explanation:
A <u>similie is a comparison that becomes explicit by the use of the words "like" or "as"</u>. In this case, the tree (the memory of the tree) is compared to a spike and to an artillery piece, and the comparison is evident because of the use of the word "as".
"[The tree] loomed in my memory <u>as</u> a huge lone<u> </u><u><em>spike </em></u>dominating the riverbank, forbidding <u>as</u> an <u><em>artillery piece.</em></u>"
