The backyard was covered in the late afternoon sunlight.The leaves danced in the trees, delighted that spring had finally arrive
d.The tulips were bright slashesof color like a child's crayon drawing. In the garden,the first green shoots were pushing out ofthe soilto greet the warmth of the sun.Sitting on the porch swing. I drank inthe beauty of nature,a delicious treat. What phrase from the paragraph is an example of a metaphor? A. Delighted that spring had finally arrived
B. In late afternoon sunlight
C.Greet the warmth of the sun
D. The beauty of nature,a delicious treat
A metaphor can be defined as a figure of speech typically used in literature to describe an action or object in a non-literal way. It's most commonly used to emphasize a point or make a comparison between two objects. The correct answer is option D: " The beauty of nature, a delicious treat", because, the beauty of anything (nature, a person or feeling) cannot be literally "eaten" therefore, it cannot be a treat (delicious or otherwise). The other options are discarded as correct answers because they are actions/emotions that can be done/felt literally.
