What does metaphor compares?

Answer 1

A metaphor is a literary analogy, a comparison of a person, thing, or act with another dissimilar object or concept, without using the words "like" or "as" (which would be a simile).

Examples : "The waiting room was a furnace." (it was hot)

Examples : "The politician hatched an ambitious plan." (he developed it, as a chick from an egg)

Answer 2

A metaphor is a comparison between between two things without using like or as.

Some examples:

1. My brother is a geek.

2. These children are monkeys.

3. My brother is a cheetah.

4. He is a turtle

5. Life is a competition.

Now, a metaphor is an example of Figurative language.

Some can be sarcastic,

but make sure you do not mix up similes and metaphors. Remember, metaphors do not use like or as.

Answer 3

An example: "The assignment was a breeze" stating that the assignment was quick and light like a breeze is. A metaphor draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.

Answer 4

Metaphor is the concept of understanding one thing in terms of another. A metaphor is a figure of speech

Answer 5

A descriptive phrase or term applied to an object or to a phenomenon to which it

does not literally denote.

Answer 6

it is a simile because a metaphor doesn't use like or as.

Answer 7

A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be another