Metaphor
Yes, it is a metaphor.
No. One word does not make a metaphor. "Bob is groaning" would be the closest you could get, but that is a statement, not a metaphor.
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The boy was so fast he was faster than lightning
"The collapsing bridge was a metaphor for the crumbling city government." "I called him a clown, and I thought I was using a metaphor until I saw him in the circus."
No, alliteration is when words begin with the same initial letter, such as Jamie Jones jumped Jack's jalopy. This sentence would be classified as a metaphor. A metaphor describes something in an abstract manner - in this case a ray of gold is not literally touching the hills, but the author paints the picture of a ray of light glimmering like gold.
"Her smile was a ray of sunshine in my day." This metaphor compares the woman's smile to sunshine, implying that it brought warmth, brightness, and positivity to the speaker's life.
A classic metaphor from Shakespeare is the following, suggesting a theatre stage as a metaphor for the human world: : All the world's a stage, : And all the men and women merely players; : They have their exits and their entrances. A more modern everyday metaphor would be "The road ahead was a ribbon of moonlight" or "John is my knight in shining armour"
In "The Foghorn," Ray Bradbury uses the foghorn as a metaphor for the loneliness and longing of the sea creature that mistakes the lighthouse beam for a mate. The foghorn's mournful sound reflects the creature's sense of isolation and desire for connection.
Its a metaphor
This metaphor suggests that someone's smile brings warmth, joy, and happiness to others just like a ray of sunshine brightens a room. It conveys the idea that the person's smile is uplifting and has a positive impact on those around them.
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.