What does the metaphor in this text suggest?
He reads incessantly; new ideas are food for his mind.
He is never satisfied with what he reads. He is stimulated by new ideas.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
A metaphor compares two things that are not actually alike without using like or as.
The snow formed a blanket over the town.
The text uses a metaphor, comparing two things that are not actually alike without using like or as.
The metaphor ideas are food suggests that he is stimulated by new ideas. Food is energizing to the body, just as ideas are energizing to the mind.