General
Words inaccurate but used to describe or define something.
Figurative language
Stephen slept like a baby after working for ten long hours.
Slept like a baby
This pláce is a zoo.
A chaotic place.
Fight like cats and dogs
Simile
My teacher is a monster.
Simple metaphor. Comparison between to things.
An implied comparison, in which substitude the original term.
Metaphor
Her face became as white as a ghost when she spotted the burglar in her house
As white as ghost.
To miss the boat.
To come to late for something
The leaves were fluttering in the breeze. (Compares leaves to butterflies)
Implied metaphor
She is an open book
Metaphor
Fire and fire imagery are often used to describe a person’s love for someone: to carry a torch, burning love, an old flame…
Extended metaphor
An explicit comparison of one thing to another using connecting words.
Simile
The clothes she wore were as white as snow.
As white as snow
The elefant in the room
A topic that everyone think but no one want to talk.
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;” (from As You Like It) william shakespeare.
Literary metaphor