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30 May, 19:57

Select the statement which displays an example of metaphor.

A) He ordered a plate of jumbo shrimp.

B) From the air at night, the ship looked like a lighted birthday cake.

C) The man was a slippery snake, who always managed to slither out of trouble.

D) I can tell that this vending machine doesn't like me, because it ate my money.

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  1. 30 May, 20:09
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    C. The man was a slippery snake, who always managed to slither out of trouble.

    Reason being the definition of a metaphor is: a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.
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