a metaphor is figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate or describe another.
For example: He was as dumb as a fencepost.
Or
She always acts as though she hadn't a brain in her head
means that you have both (like or As) in a sentence.
hmm...peanut butter
a metaphor uses like or as
Uh...I guess you will just have to another metaphor to describe the sentence!always remind your self
Kafka uses the literary technique of metaphor in this sentence.
What is a metaphor for the sentence "He liked the smell of the Pastrice?
metaphor
The rain fell down like a tun of bricks
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what is the figures of speech in the sentence his eyes were not laughing
He ruminated all day over her parting words.
My old mentor often used the metaphor: "life is a journey."
metaphor
Since there is no "like" or "as" in the sentence, it is a metaphor.