Question

What literary devices are used in the sentence below, and what are the meanings of writing this? So I Stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me... They walked around slowly,silently,smiling.

Answer 1

Simile is a comparison to two unlike things, similar to a metaphor, except that it usually includes words 'like' or 'as. ' When Ponyboy lets the Socs surround him, he does nothing, 'So I stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me.

Answer 2

simile and alliteration