A sentence using the word metaphor is below:
When the stadium roof collapsed in a snowstorm, it was a metaphor for the team's whole losing season.
Sentences containing examples of metaphors are below:
Due to the construction project ahead , traffic has the speed of molasses.
Her face was beet red with embarrassment.
The surgeon worked through the procedure with razor sharp precision.
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His heart was a fragile butterfly, fluttering nervously in his chest. The city was a living, breathing organism, with its bustling streets as veins and arteries. Her laughter was music to his ears, filling the room with enchanting melodies. Life is a rollercoaster, with its ups and downs keeping us on our toes.
Which of these sentences uses metaphor?
A. His room is a disaster area.
B. Snow covered the streets.
C. She was extremely sad.
D. He worked hard and played hard.
The answer would be A for Apex! (-:
No, a metaphor directly compares two unlike things without using like or as. For example, "Her heart is a stone" is a metaphor because it compares the heart to a stone without using like or as.
he was a sneaky jackrabbit.
It is called acrostic writing when you spell a word using sentences, where the first letter of each sentence spells out the word.
Her smile was a ray of sunshine, brightening up the room like a metaphorical sunbeam.
A directly stated metaphor is when a comparison between two unlike things is explicitly made in a sentence without using "like" or "as." For example, "Her laughter was music to my ears."