Examples of Metaphors

Your explanation is correct.

"The fog comes in on little cat feet."

There are quite a few examples of metaphors here:

for simile, A is like or as B .

First of all, what do we call as and like? I have forgot the technical term.

And what is called A and B ?

Ex. your hair is like a waterfall

What do we call hair, like and waterfall?

Thanks

I agree with your definition for similes, but not exactly metaphor definition.
Metaphors are states that something is something, but you have to remember it's a figure of speech.

You light up my life, is an example of a metaphor, and you shouldn't take it literally.

You could just classify those poetry devices as imagery too.

AnonymousIs it true that 'A simile compares two things using the words "like" or "as".

Yes, provided there is something extraordinary (i.e., metaphoric) about the comparison.

A llama is like a small camel.


has the right formula for a simile without being a simile, because it is completely literal.

Your remark was like

CalifJimThe manager shot down Tom's idea.

contains an implied metaphor: To reject an idea is to shoot it down.

Again, as above, the mere use of the formula does not make a metaphor.

CalifJimTo have a metaphor you have to have a situation where speaker meaning differs from word meaning.

I'm confused. If p

What is Tom like, I never met him?
Tom is a party animal - is a direct metaphor

An airforce jet shot down an UFO - is a reported statement

Manager shot down Tom's idea - Shot down is used to dramatize the rejection of Tom's idea. So it's a figure of speech in the form of metaphor.

I am so hungry that I could eat a horse -is a metaphor which doesn't f

AvangiA simile is not obliged to use "like" or "as," and a metaphor is not obliged to use "is."

On the contrary, according to the definitions many students are expected to use in their class work, these figures of speech are restricted to these formulas:

An X is like a Y. (simile) [Also as, as if, as though patterns.]

An X

Hi, Jim,
My intention was not to specifically challenge anything you said in your earlier post. I was hoping to get a better understanding of your position. I greatly appreciate your reply. I must digest.

So what you mean by "formula" is in fact the use of "like," "as," and "is," and the semantic considerations are a separate issue from the formula. But both are necessary for the

AvangiSo where do you stand on the introducing question of Sonnet XVIII

Not metaphoric. Completely literal. And self-consciously literary to boot, which is, I suppose, part of its charm.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
= Would you like me to do this comparison: 'you' vs 'a day in summer'?

The bard then ignores any possibility of