Assertion: metaphor | /r/HasProperty | comparison
Facets:
value: between two things
type: OTHER
value: without using 'like
type: OTHER
value: without using the words
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A metaphor is a comparison between two things that share a common characteristic.
text: A metaphor -- any comparison that does not use the word "like" or "as" is a metaphor.
text: A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as.
text: A metaphor is a comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as.'
text: A metaphor is a comparison which is not literally true.
text: Metaphor is a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated.
text: Though metaphors are similar to similes because they are both figures that deal with comparison, a simile is a comparison that is explicitly stated using a word such as like or as, a metaphor is a comparison that literally states that one thing is another, and requires the reader or listener to perceive that this is not a factual statement, but one that must be figuratively interpreted.
text: A metaphor is a comparison.
text: Similes are often connected to learning about metaphor (a comparison which suggests what something is like by comparing it to something else, but isn't literally true) as they are both forms of figurative language.
text: Metaphors are comparisons between two dissimilar things.
text: Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way.