Yes, the word 'metaphor' is a noun, a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is representative or symbolic of something else.
Metaphor is a noun.
Although it's functioning adjectivally here, by specifying the type of environment that Doug prefers, "work" is a noun in this case, and "work environment" is a noun-noun compound (these are common in English).
An explicit metaphor is a metaphor that is fully explained in great detail. Unlike an implicit metaphor, which the meaning has to be implied.
Embarrassment metaphor
An elaborate metaphor is also called a sustained metaphor. It is when a metaphor is referred to multiple times throughout a piece by the author.
Metaphor is a noun.
A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places. A metaphor can be a count or a non-count noun. Examples: Their voices were of angels. (the metaphor 'angels' is a count noun) Your voice is music to my ears. (the metaphor 'music' is a non-count noun)
Yes, a metaphor is when you say that an object (noun) is something else. Therefore, arms of steel is a metaphor because a person's arms are not actually made of steel.
the pictures for the kinds of noun and make sentences
Velvet is a noun that represents a type of fabric, so it is neither a simile nor a metaphor. Similes and metaphors are figures of speech that compare two different things using "like" or "as" (simile) or by stating that one thing is another (metaphor).
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This is a simile because it uses the word "as" to describe the library. A metaphor does not use the words "like" or "as" to describe a noun.
Its a metaphor
Although it's functioning adjectivally here, by specifying the type of environment that Doug prefers, "work" is a noun in this case, and "work environment" is a noun-noun compound (these are common in English).
it is neither, it is personification
metaphor
Implied metaphor is when it gives you the metaphor but doesn't tell what the subject is. A regular metaphor tells you the subject of it.