What is the definition of the rhetorical technique of metaphor?

Answer 1

What is the definition of the rhetorical technique of metaphor?

a type of language that creates a contradiction
a type of language that creates a contradiction

a way of speaking or writing that uses imagery to convey an idea
a way of speaking or writing that uses imagery to convey an idea

a figure of speech that suggests a likeness by making a nonliteral comparison of unlike things
a figure of speech that suggests a likeness by making a nonliteral comparison of unlike things

a point-by-point comparison between two things or ideas based on similarities

Answer 2

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