is this a metaphor?

Question

His little whistle sound like it lost way down in a jar, and the jar in the bottom of the creek.

( Quote from The color Purple )

Answer 1

When you use "like" or "as" to compare, you are using "simile" and not "metaphor." Metaphor says something "is" something else or compares without the tag words "like" and "as."

Answer 2

No, it's a similie. It doesn't have good grammar either. It should be "His little whiste sounded like it was lost inside a jar at the bottom of a creek."

If you want to make it a metaphor, it should be something like, "His little whistle blew a sound that could be barely heard, coming from a jar in the bottom of a creek." That context makes it sound literal though.

Answer 3

His little whistle came from deep inside a jar and the
jar was at the bottom of a creek. If your sentence
uses the words 'like' or 'as' then it is a simile.

Answer 4

it's a simile (a comparison using like or as)...but should read:

His little whistle sounded like it was lost way down in a jar at the bottom of a creek.

Answer 5

Thats a Similie. There is one rule to these things. A similie is a comparison using "like" or "as". anything else thats similar but dosnt have one of those 2 words is a metaphor

Answer 6

No, it is a simile ... and the sentence really needs to be shortened and made more clear.

Her eyes were vivid pools of cobalt water, drawing me closer to her -- and then she licked my face with a happy "woof!"

THAT is a metaphor.

Answer 7

not one that i know of. I can't think of what this might mean. It sounds like a phrase that uses metaphors, "like it lost ......"

Answer 8

(D) All the above