"family is a well of compassion we return to for comfort in times of need" is an example of metaphor.

True. "Family is a well of compassion we return to for comfort in times of need" Is an example of metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers to one thing by describing how another thing has a rhetorical effect on it. When this is done, we are able to see how two different things actually have similarities within hem. 

Hello waltermite111, what are some of the scientific advances made by the chaldeans you ask well, they were the first to follow 7 day weekend with a sunday.

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