Is this a simile or a metaphor?

Question

"Max Weber likened the city to 'a human being with his skin removed.'"

Answer 1

Your sentence is a metaphor.

A simile has "like" or "as", for example: "as pretty as a picture"

A metaphor is a comparison, as in your example, without the like or as.

Your sentence is also considered "Personification", which is where you take something inanimate and give it a human quality. Like: "The clouds rained tears of sadness".  

Answer 2

Metaphor.

Answer 3

metaphor

it doesnt say "like" or "as"

if it said..."Max Weber likened the city to something (like or as) a human being with his his skin removed" then it would be a simile

yeah it's a metaphor

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Answer 4

i would say that this one is a metaphor. even though it contains the word "likened", Max is comparing the city to the human being, without using like or as.

hope this helps.

Answer 5

I would say it's a metaphor b/c Max Weber just described the city as a "human being with his skin removed." Since a metaphor it's a direct comparison, but a simile uses words such as: like, as, etc. I would say it's a metaphor.