What is a metaphor?

Answer 1

A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH AN EXPRESSION IS USED TO REFER TO SOMETHING THAT IT DOES NOT LITERALLY DENOTE IN ORDER TO SUGGEST A SIMILARITY.


GOD BLESS

Answer 2

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable.
A phrase such as 'the heart of the matter' is a metaphor as matters do not actually have hearts.

Answer 3

A comparison of two unlike things, without using "like" or "as".
Ex. Her hair was the sun, radiating towards him.
There is a tenor, and a vehicle in every metaphor. The tenor is the subject which is being compared, and the vehicle is what it is being compared to. In this case, Her hair is the tenor, and the sun is the vehicle.
Do not confuse with a simile.

Answer 4

A metaphor is when you compare two things that normaly have nothing in common together without the words "like" or "as"

Answer 5

A metaphor is a literary term used where one thing is likened to another ("all the world's a stage")

Answer 6

Comparison between two objects without using like or as. An example is the skinny dog looked thinner than the cat.

Answer 7

Its a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something else, but not in a literal way. Like "It's raining cats and dogs outside"

Here's a website that explains it better
http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/crafttechnique/qt/exmetaphors.htm

Answer 8

A direct comparison without using like or as. Example: Youth and gold are both valuble.

Answer 9

a comparison without using the words like or as
for example...he is a walking dictionary

Answer 10

My English teacher asked me this once. I told her it was to "keep cows in."