Like a tree rooted deeply in the ground, resistant to being uprooted.
simile: he's as reluctant as a smoker going in for lung cancer test metaphor: he's a smoker going in for a lung cancer test
simile its a simile when you use "like"
A metaphor
A metaphor, a simile uses the words like or as.
that man
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Metaphor...similes use like or as
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A metaphor is a flower. A simile is like (or as) a flower. Both metaphor and simile compare one thing to another. The difference is that a simile uses the words 'like' or 'as', and metaphor doesn't. Metaphor: Life is a fountain. Simile: Life is like a fountain.
"He was a lion in the fight" is a metaphor.
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