What does the metaphor in this text suggest?
Laughter is sunshine; it chases winter from the human face.
—Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Laughter can affect people in different ways. Laughter can brighten people's moods.
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 laughter is sunshine suggests that laughter can brighten people's moods. Sunshine can make a winter day brighter and warmer, and laughter has a similar effect on a bad mood.