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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 28

Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Aesthetic and Rhetorical Strategies: Narrative and poetic techniques, and figures of speech · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which one of the following is an example of a metaphor?

  1. The cat was like a furry cloud
  2. The cat was a furry cloud
  3. The cat was as furry as a cloud
  4. The cat was fluffy

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Correct answer: (B) The cat was a furry cloud

Explanation

A metaphor says one thing is another without using 'like' or 'as'. "The cat was a furry cloud" does this. The first and third options are similes, and the last is a plain description.