Question
Short answer response question: Read the sentence. Explain the meaning of the bolded words in the below sentence. Are the bolded words a metaphor or a simile?
The water lapped its thirty tongue against the bottom of the dock.
The water lapped its thirty tongue against the bottom of the dock.
Answers
GPT 3.5
The bolded words "thirty tongue" are a metaphor. This means that the water is personified as having a tongue that is creating a lapping motion against the bottom of the dock.