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marissa [1.9K]
4 years ago
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Help me guys I need to know what a metaphor is??​

English
2 answers:
12345 [234]4 years ago
8 0

a metaphor is a word or phrase that is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

<u>without using "like" or "as"</u>

Examples:

“raining cats and dogs,” “throw the baby out with the bathwater,” and “heart of gold.”

Andrews [41]4 years ago
5 0

a metaphor is a figure of speech that a rhetorical effect directly refers to One Thing by mentioning another

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