To give you a starting point here are some examples of common metaphors.

Example of metaphors. Mary is a ray of sunshine Im swimming in emails Vacation is heaven Love is a battlefield Simile Examples. Types of extended metaphors. The main difference between a metaphor and a simile would have to be that a metaphor does not use like or as in order to compare the two objects with each other.

All the worlds a stage And all the men and women merely players Shakespeare is comparing the world to a stage by saying one is the other. In this example the dogs bed is referred to as a marshmallow. For example In the heat of the moment she turned to ice and danced to the beat of her own drum Root Metaphors - These metaphors are so rooted in everyday language and assumptions we hardly even recognize them as metaphors.

Dale works like a grumpy donkey Life is like a box. Here are some famous examples of metaphor. Bill is an early bird.

This is the metaphor. The answer is that they are both soft. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Darkness by William Wordsworth Seize the Night by Dean Koontz As you like it by William Shakespeare Mother to Son by Langston Hughes Extended Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

The dogs bed is a marshmallow it looks so comfortable. Example of a simile His heart felt like breaking after they broke up. In capitalism money is the life blood of society but charity is the soul.

Mixed Metaphors - These metaphors jumble comparisons together often without any logic. He wanted to set sail on the ocean of love but he just wasted away in the desert. One of the most famous examples of metaphor in the English language comes from William Shakespeares As You Like It in which the playwright writes.