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A Metaphor is a comparison between two things. A Metaphor is not a simile because it does not use "like" or "as".
Some Examples
Start with two things
1. Me 2. a vacuum cleaner
At dinner time I am a vacuum cleaner. I eat all of my food really fast.
1. Me 2. a bulldozer
I am a bulldozer when I play football.
What two things are being compared here?
Have you seen his bedroom? He is a pig!
How about here?
That bright ol' orange in the sky lights up my day.
Try these (remember: do not use like or as):
dog
stinky feet
and these:
grades on a math test
slide
The Toaster A silver-scaled dragon with jaws flaming red Sits at my elbow and toasts my bread. I hand him flat slices, and then, one by one, He hands them back when he sees they are done.
by William Jay Smith
Mrs. Moon Mrs Moon sitting up in the sky little old lady rock-a-bye with a ball of fading light and silvery needles knitting the night
by Roger McGough
The Sun The sun is a glowing spider that craws out from under the earth to make her way across the sky warming and weaving with her bright old fingers of light.