What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Answer #1

Similes compare two things using “like” or a similar term. Metaphors don’t…. Simile: Life is like a box of chocolates. Metaphor: Life is a box of chocolates.

Answer #2

Thx, I think I understand now :)

Answer #3

smile compares 2 things using like or as:)

Answer #4

yes :) i did a whole assignment on similes and metaphors last year, but it’s hard to explain. google it though, it will help.

Answer #5

A metaphor is a rhetorical device that something essentially is something else. A simile is a rhetorical device that says something is like something else.

Metaphor: A day without looking in the dictionary is a day wasted. Simile: Politics is like a cesspool of greed and avarice.

Answer #6

In Simile’s look for the words “like”, and “as”.

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