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Question
From the extract, find what the following is compared to and why:
The (enemy) soldiers will be driven away like .........................
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Solution
The (enemy) soldiers will be driven away like sheep.
Joan says that she would teach the French soldiers to fight courageously to win the battle against the English and drive the enemy out of France.
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