USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas.

Detailed explanation-2: -A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect.

Detailed explanation-3: -A metaphor is a literary device comparing to unlike things through a perceived similarity. Metaphor, unlike simile, does not use the words “like” or “as” to make a comparison for rhetorical effect.

Detailed explanation-4: -A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison, but in a way different from a simile. Instead, it makes the comparison as if it was literally true. In other words, it can be said that a metaphor is an implied comparison. It makes a comparison between things or ideas that are generally unlike.

Detailed explanation-5: -A metaphor makes a direct comparison between two unlike things in order to highlight the one (or so) shared quality between those two things. A metaphor outright “calls” or “labels” that one thing as another thing: the heart is gold or stone; the child is a firecracker.