Similes are direct comparisons using like or as.
She is as sweet as pie.
His voice sounded like thunder.
Metaphors are indirect comparisons
He thundered through the house.
All the world is a stage.
To change a simile to a metaphor take out likeor as, sometimes this may not be possible.
His foot steps sounded like thunder as he entered the room.
He thundered into the room.
take out like or as
A metaphor
A metaphor, a simile uses the words like or as.
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Her eyes were the sea.
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Its a metaphor