What is a metaphor?

A group of words used to describe something in a more graphical interesting way. He's going through a rollercoaster of emotions.

It's imagery that says something is something else. For instance, "the smile on your mouth was the deadest thing". The smile, of course, isn't literally dead, but saying it is makes the image more vivid for the reader. Personification is, in fact, a type of metaphor.

Hi Lawrence! A metaphor is a stylistic device that compares two ideas that share certain qualities. For example, in the sentence "her teeth were lustrous pearls" there is a metaphor because the writer compares the teeth to pearls: they are both white and shiny.

Hi Lawrence! A metaphor is a literary device which is representative of something other than the subjects of the sentence. Usually, the detail of the metaphor literally cannot be applied to the situation and is simply impossible. For example, "Bob gave Molly a bear hug" is a metaphor because Bob does not literally give Molly a bear Hug, but rather he gives her a large and strong hug. It is physically impossible for Bob (as a human) to give Molly a bear hug because he is not a bear.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to an item or event that it does not actually refer to.

A figure of speech that highlights a similarity between two different things by stating that one thing is another.

A metaphor, like other word pictures, can be understood by identifying three elements: the topic that is being discussed, the image or concept that the topic is compared with, and the specific point of similarity between the two things being compared.

A metaphor is an expression which describes an object or person by referring to something else, such as 'A heart of stone'.

It is to suggest one thing by comparing it to another thing. A metaphor uses characteristics or traits of something else to provide a particular meaning for what is being expressed. This is done using our general understanding of symbolism or imagery: 'She has a heart of gold'

A metaphor makes a direct comparison between two things by saying that one thing, often the subject of your story or poem, *is* another thing. An example might be, 'The man was a rabid dog.' The man is not actually a dog, but by saying that he is, the author is saying that he has many of the attributes of the dog (for example, wildness, unpredictability, violence).

A metaphor is a figure of speech that implicitly contrasts two unrelated objects by implying that one is another (for example, "that deer is a horse"). Metaphors can convey a complex idea, accentuate a quality or action, or produce vivid images.

A metaphor is when the writer gives a description of something by saying it is the same as another thing. For example: “the sun was a football in the sky”. Is the sun really a football? No, but here the writer means the sun looked like a football. People often confuse a metaphor with a simile. A simile is when the writer says that something is LIKE another thing and a metaphor is when the writer is saying it actually IS another thing. You can remember the difference by thinking that a simile is similar and so a metaphor is.

A metaphor is a figure of speech mostly used in literary works to refer to words or expressions that mean something different from their literary meaning. It is mostly used to make a direct similarity but actually, it's not what is it.

For example

She's as cute as a button.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes something by saying it is something else. Let's take the example: 'You are my sunshine' now, unless the person saying this for some reason relies on you for vitamin D, what they most likely mean is that you bright them brightness, warmth, light- like the sun.

A metaphor is where you compare two things by saying something is something else.

For example in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says “Juliet is the sun”. Juliet is being compared to the sun as her beauty outshines other women and she is radiant.

The metaphor is a literature tool or an instrument that uses when we need to compare something with something.