Which of these sentences uses metaphor?

A. The storm was devastating.
B. He was not a boy; he was a man.
C. A white blanket covered the streets.
D. She cried and cried for hours.

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which one relates two objects that would otherwise not be associated, by means of a direct comparison in which the meaning of the thing compared acquires a deeper and figurative sense.

In the answer above, the metaphor is established between a white blanket that covers the streets with what, one can surmise, would be snow falling on the ground.

Which of these sentences uses metaphor? A. The storm was devastating. B. He was not a boy; he was a man. C. A white blanket covered the streets. D. She cried and cried for hours.

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Which of these sentences uses metaphor?

A. The storm was devastating.
B. He was not a boy; he was a man.
C. A white blanket covered the streets.
D. She cried and cried for hours.