Metaphors

Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining.

Unlike similes that use the words “as” or “like” to make a comparison, metaphors state that something is something else.

A few examples of metaphors:

"Love is a rose."

"All the world is a stage."  ~Shakespeare

"No man is an island . . ." (John Donne)

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