A metaphor is comparing two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'.
"She was a gazelle, clearing the hurdles with ease." In stead of saying "She was LIKE a gazelle..."
"The fire became the sun." Instead of saying "The fire became LIKE the sun [burning]".
Using LIKE or AS turns a sentence into a SIMILE.
But not necessarily with sentences like "I LIKE cats" or "I LIKE you AS a friend".
This topic falls under Figurative Language:
-Personifications
-Metaphors
and
-Similes (not smilies :-) )
Metaphor
Yes, it is a metaphor.
No. One word does not make a metaphor. "Bob is groaning" would be the closest you could get, but that is a statement, not a metaphor.
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Its a metaphor
It is a metaphor.
it is neither, it is personification
"He was a lion in the fight" is a metaphor.
Implied metaphor is when it gives you the metaphor but doesn't tell what the subject is. A regular metaphor tells you the subject of it.
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What is a metaphor???Answer: To keep the cows in!!!!Metaphor~ meadow for??get it??? LOL
simile its a simile when you use "like"
An explicit metaphor is a metaphor that is fully explained in great detail. Unlike an implicit metaphor, which the meaning has to be implied.
Metaphor; no like or as.