Both are a type of water that flows.

Example of metaphor comparison. The easiest way to identify a simile as opposed to a metaphor is to look for the words like or as. The grandfather clock became a death knell for her childhood. He is being compared to a horse.

Consider the song Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. An extended metaphor also known as a conceit is a comparison that is repeated several times in a work. A metaphor is poetically comparing something with something else while an Analogy is comparing something with something else for an explanatory point.

For example a river and tears arent very alike. In this day and age racism continues to infect society. Its easier to show the difference between the types of figures of speech by showing examples.

Mixed Metaphors - These metaphors jumble comparisons together often without any logic. Similes are often confused with metaphors which another different figure of speech used for comparison. How would you describe this persons face.

But where similes draw a comparison by saying one thing is like another the metaphor indicates that they are literally the same. Review a selection of extended metaphor examples. Another example of such metaphor expression is Youre my sunshine my bright Example 12.

For example In the heat of the moment she turned to ice and danced to the beat of her own drum. Notice in this metaphor example that the word like has been added to it. The slashes indicate line breaks.