Question

18. Which one of the following statements contains a metaphor? A. The water shone like a thousand diamonds. B. She was like a bird in a cage. C. The mighty oak is the king of the forest world. D. My dream vanished as a puff of smoke.

Answer 1

Salutations!

 Which one of the following statements contains a metaphor?

Metaphors are figures of speech where an action or a phrase is registered as an object. In the following statements, the mighty oak is the king of the forest world contains a metaphor. The rest of the following are all similes as the contain "as" and "like".

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Answer 2

C is the answer because you are saying it is it not saying it is like something or using the word as