A metaphor simply states that one thing is another thing. Metaphors are used in poetry, literature and anytime someone wants to add some variation to their language. Example: Barry is a couch potato.

A metaphor is a direct comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects, a subset of analogy and closely related to other rhetorical concepts such as comparison, simile, allegory and ...

As wind-whipped walls of flame destroyed hundreds of Los Angeles-area residences last January, one media report framed the ...