Question

Short answer response question: Read the sentence. Explain the meaning of the bolded words in the below sentence. Are the bolded words a metaphor or a simile?

The water lapped its thirty tongue against the bottom of the dock.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The bolded words "thirty tongue" are a metaphor. This means that the water is personified as having a tongue that is creating a lapping motion against the bottom of the dock.