The way to remember the difference between a metaphor and a simile is to remember
AS ____ AS ___ = A Simile
"Like" is used to mean the same thing as "as" in your sentence. Comparing two things saying one is "like" or "as" the other one makes this a simile.
A metaphor compares by saying that one thing is another, as in just saying "The car shot through the night" meaning that the car was a bullet.
Due to the presence of "like," the phrase is a simile.
When you get penetrated by a bullet. Like IT goes through you.
It is a metaphor because similes use the words "like" & "as".
A metaphor compares two things without using the words "like" or "as". For example: Her hair was the dark night sky.
Simile- Volleyball is like a fire burning inside me that wants to get out. Metaphor- Volleyball is my life.
"My homework last night was like Hercules' assignment to clean the Augean Stables".
life is like liquid slipping through your hands.
A metaphor for stealth is "a shadow gliding through the night." This imagery evokes the idea of something moving quietly and unnoticed, much like stealthy actions that blend into their surroundings. Just as a shadow is often imperceptible, stealth embodies the art of subtlety and discretion.
You use metaphors to decipher the poem. A metaphor is a comparison of two (like or unlike) things using only "is" to connect them. For example: "Love is a fire, burning bright." or "Night is quiet I desire and need." An extended metaphor poem takes a metaphor and compares it throughout the poem, like: "This night is the comfort, Of a hug from mother to child. It is the warmth and security, Of love and compassion so tender. This night is the nightmare, The one that started it all. It is what I fear most, And the only thing I find serenity in."
A whisper is like a gentle breeze on a quiet night, softly carrying secrets from ear to ear.
a metaphor uses like or as
It was an average night in St. Francisburg...distant sounds of trains splitting the air, planes overhead could give one chills in seconds. A sharp scream rang out through the night, like a bullet aimed for bringing down heaven.