Question
Which is an example of metaphor?
Merry, our parakeet, whistles like a teakettle every time the doorbell rings.
The ocean’s waves swallowed up loose pieces of driftwood along the beach.
Father’s mustache was a furry caterpillar wiggling beneath his nose.
The school bus was as noisy and crowded as a football stadium.
Merry, our parakeet, whistles like a teakettle every time the doorbell rings.
The ocean’s waves swallowed up loose pieces of driftwood along the beach.
Father’s mustache was a furry caterpillar wiggling beneath his nose.
The school bus was as noisy and crowded as a football stadium.
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"Father’s mustache was a furry caterpillar wiggling beneath his nose."
That's a metaphor — it directly compares the mustache to a caterpillar. (The first and fourth are similes using "like" or "as"; the second is personification.)
That's a metaphor — it directly compares the mustache to a caterpillar. (The first and fourth are similes using "like" or "as"; the second is personification.)
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