Metaphors and Extended Metaphors

Definition:
Metaphor: A figure of speech that does not use "like" of "as" to compare 2 unrelated actions or nouns to emphasize something.


Extended Metaphor- A metaphor that continues into more than one sentence.


Example:
A piece of paper is a cube.
It is boring and blank.
It's always white and always square.
A piece of paper is always there


-Bill Brooks, Dylan Roelke, Scott Robertson, and Mike Schmidt


Significance:
The significance of metaphors and extended metaphors are to emphasize the meaning of something and/or to relate something to another thing unrelated. For example, the example above is an example of an extended meaphor.