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There are many great metaphors from great writers throughout history. To view a selection, see the related link below.
Why do you need another word. Stop wasting our time. Call it a beach house and be done with it, little girl.
Apartment.
metaphors
home, residence, apartment, corporation
your house is a rainbow
she's a brick house
Metaphor. Metaphors are straight comparisons, whereas Similes use a comparing word. Did that make sense?
as strong as the wind
It is a simile because it uses the word "like." Metaphors do not use this word.
She said that it came gushing out of a house like burning horsewater.
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury includes several metaphors, such as the house being described as a living organism with a heart and nervous system, and the robotic cleaning mice being compared to a family of mice. These metaphors illustrate the theme of technology's potential to mimic nature while also highlighting the stark contrast between the automated house and the absence of human life.
Similes contain the comparison word "like" or "as", metaphors do not.
They had a very intellectual conversation about the metaphors present in this piece of literature, and how those metaphors related to real life.
A metaphor is a way to compare things using the word "is". Simile's are not metaphors because similie's say something is LIKE another thing while metaphors are saying something IS something when it is not.
The Maori word for house is "whare."
the french word for house is maison