Assertion: metaphor | /r/HasProperty | trope
Facets:
value: simply
type: DEGREE
value: for writers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for critics
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: A metaphor is a trope or figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common.
text: For writers and critics, metaphor is simply a trope: a literary device deriving from the schools of classical rhetoric and intending to put an argument clearly and persuasively.