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What is an example of a metaphor in a sentence?

Answer:
A metaphor is a direct comparison, without the words like or as.

EXAMPLES:

"Success is a staircase. It takes sustained effort to reach the top, but not much effort at all to fall down."
"I sat and pondered the shipwreck that was my life.
"My dog is a rat and he never wants to listen."
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