How do you use metaphor in a sentence?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

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

Wiki User

∙ 16y ago

What else can I help you with?

How do you know if the sentence is metaphor?

a metaphor uses like or as

How do you use metaphor when the sentence is a metaphor of something else?

Uh...I guess you will just have to another metaphor to describe the sentence!always remind your self

What literary technique does Kafka use in this sentence?

Kafka uses the literary technique of metaphor in this sentence.

What is a metaphor for the sentence he liked the smell of the pastries?

What is a metaphor for the sentence "He liked the smell of the Pastrice?

Is the sentence don't be a crab a metaphor or simile?

metaphor

How can you use rain in a metaphor sentence?

The rain fell down like a tun of bricks

How can a sentence be metaphor?

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The jeweler was a vulture as he inspected the diamond.What figure of speech does the author use in this sentence?

metaphor

How would you use a metophor in a sentence?

My old mentor often used the metaphor: "life is a journey."

How do you use the word ruminate in a sentence as a metaphor?

He ruminated all day over her parting words.

''He's a fox'' is it a simile or a metaphor?

Since there is no "like" or "as" in the sentence, it is a metaphor.

Read the sentence from Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia Convention. Why is this sentence an example of the use of metaphor?

Answer is : "The word "lamp" is equated with the word "experience."

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