Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

A. His blank expression was like an old house with boarded up windows

B. An unresolved argument is a time bomb waiting to explode

C. His voice was loud enough to shatter all the windows

D. The creaky stairs grumbled angrily under my feet

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Blaine Baxter

30 August, 03:53

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

A. His blank expression was like an old house with boarded up windows

B. An unresolved argument is a time bomb waiting to explode

C. His voice was loud enough to shatter all the windows

D. The creaky stairs grumbled angrily under my feet

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Beau Berry · Answer 1

The answer is A / ...

Raymond Baird · Answer 2

B is the correct answer.

A is an example of a simile because it uses the word "like"

C is a hyperbole because it exaggerates the truth

and D is personification because it gives the stairs human characteristics

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?A. His blank expression was like an old house with boarded up windowsB. An unresolved argument is a time bomb waiting to explodeC. His voice was loud enough to shatter all the windowsD. The creaky stairs grumbled angrily under my feet

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

A. His blank expression was like an old house with boarded up windows

B. An unresolved argument is a time bomb waiting to explode

C. His voice was loud enough to shatter all the windows

D. The creaky stairs grumbled angrily under my feet