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When Grendel says Hrothgar's "warriors became hornets" (40), what literary device is being used?
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When Grendel says Hrothgar's "warriors became hornets" (40), what literary device is being used?

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That's mostly a metaphor. It is a metaphor that they sting as painfully as hornets. This is a metaphor because they didn't really become hornets, it's just a figure of speech.
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