Usually means: Sustained comparison throughout the work.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (extended metaphor)

▸ noun:  (rhetoric) A metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences.

Similar:
mixed metaphor, supermetaphor, antimetabole, metaphor, antimetathesis, parallelism, merismus, hypersentence, antanaclasis, hendiadys, more...

Opposite:
literal

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Similar:
mixed metaphor, supermetaphor, antimetabole, metaphor, antimetathesis, parallelism, merismus, hypersentence, antanaclasis, hendiadys, more...

Opposite:
literal



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