Read the following sentence: The wind blows through the trees. Which revision below uses a metaphor? The wind is a fan blowing leaves everywhere. The wind in the leaves sings a quiet lullaby. The wind is as loud as a rock band. The wind blows the leaves like a tornado.

The wind is a fan blowing leaves everywhere.

Explanation:

First of all, it is important to understand what a metaphor is. A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to compare two things that, though they may not be alike, but they have something in common or behave the same way or they have similar traits/characteristics. The wind blows through the trees is likened to a fan that blows things around. They are not alike, but they both use air to move things around or blow things in different directions.

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