METAPHOR and SIMILE

clipped from www.englishclub.com Metaphor A metaphor is a figure of speech that says that one thing is another different thing. This allows us to use fewer words and forces the reader or listener to find the similarities. The word metaphor comes from the Greek word metapherin (meaning "transfer"). The simplest form of metaphor is: "The [first thing] is a [second thing]." Look at this example: Her home was a prison. Difference Between Metaphor and Simile Both similes and metaphors link one thing to another. A simile usually uses "as" or "like". A metaphor is a condensed simile, a shortcut to meaning, which omits "as" or "like." A metaphor creates a relationship directly and leaves more to the imagination. With simile A is like B. With metaphor A is B. simile metaphor Your eyes are like the sun. You are my sunshine. He eats like a pig. He lives like a pig. He is a pig.