Question

Identify the following as a simile or a metaphor.

Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall-door, the gravel-drive, and the front gate were dimly-noted stages in his headlong retreat.
simile
metaphor

Answer 1

it`s a metaphor because its comparing two things without using like,or as. 

Answer 2

Answer: B) Metaphor.

Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that consists in making a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison is made using the words "like" and "as." A metaphor is also a comparison but it is made in a direct way (without using "like" or "as"). In the given excerpt we can see an example of a metaphor that compares the hall-door, the gravel-drive, and the front gate to the stages in the character's retreat.