"They said their prayers in a monotonous sing-song, Kneeling on their bamboo bed like camels Waiting to be loaded."Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man an...

"They said their prayers in a monotonous sing-song,

Kneeling on their bamboo bed like camels

Waiting to be loaded."Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above is

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The dominant figure of speech in the given excerpt is a simile. This is because the comparison between the people praying and camels waiting to be loaded is made using the word "like", which is a common marker for similes. Specifically, the people are compared to camels in their posture and appearance, suggesting that they are similarly burdened or oppressed.