is this sentence a metaphor: Ian thinks ann is a pack rat.
also, wat does it mean 2 be a pack rat?
2007-01-16 12:19:19 · 16 answers · asked by !@@#@#!@ 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
but....using a pack rat in a sentence a metaphor
2007-01-16 12:27:29 · update #1
sry..i meant is using "a pack rat" in a sentence a metaphor?
2007-01-16 12:28:03 · update #2
Actually, YES this is a metaphor.
As everyone has explained, a pack rat is an animal that endlessly collects items. Obviously, Ann is not really a rat. She collects things and doesn't get rid of them, much like a pack rat does.
A metaphor compares two unlike items by saying one IS the other.
A simile compares two unlike items using the words "like" or "as."
So:
Ann is a pack rat. -- metaphor
Ann is like a pack rat. -- simile
2007-01-16 12:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by swbiblio 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
INCORRECT
An example of a metaphor is
"The sky was like your blue eyes"
that is a simile, because it uses the word "like"
Your sentence, "Ian thinks Ann is a pack rat" IS a metaphor because it compares Ann to a packrat, without using "like" or "as"
2007-01-16 12:30:00 · answer #2 · answered by jmprince01 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A metaphor is when you take an inanimate object, like a cloud or the rain and compare it to an animate object, like a person or an animal.
No, this is not a metaphor
and every one has answered what a pack rat is, but it is some one who wants to save everything regardless of its worth or value, and they pack it away for years and years.
Hope this helps.
2007-01-16 12:28:42 · answer #3 · answered by David H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Pack Rat is a nickname of a person who continually collects/keeps items without throwing anything away.
2007-01-16 12:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by Living In Korea 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pack rat is a metaphor for someone who saves everything and never throws anything away.
2007-01-16 12:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pack rat is a person who accumulates or collects a bunch of 'stuff' - usually useless stuff. There is such an animal as a pack rat, and people who have this habit are named after it.
2007-01-16 12:22:51 · answer #6 · answered by flywho 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, a pack rat is someone that saves useless things for no reason at all. Sometimes they consider these items to have sentimental value.
2007-01-16 12:22:38 · answer #7 · answered by shorteegrrl588 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a pack rat is someone that keeps EVERYTHING. never throws anything away. most of the time they do not even have a use for the stuff they keep but they hold on to it "just in case!"
2007-01-16 12:22:38 · answer #8 · answered by Tracie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is a sentence which states one person's opinion of another. A metaphor requires a direct comparison of two objects without the use of "like" or "as."
2007-01-16 12:23:14 · answer #9 · answered by Philip Kiriakis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means that you cannot bare to throw anything out. People who are pack rats tend to collect things that people disgard, or more over, things that aren't usually collected are kept.
Sometimes people have an illogical attachment to objects and feel that throwing things out means that they are throwing out a part of themselves.
2007-01-16 12:24:20 · answer #10 · answered by faithy_q_t_poo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋