What does the metaphor in this text suggest?
Conscience is a man's compass.
—Vincent van Gogh
Your conscience shows you where you're headed. Your conscience guides you to act the right way.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
A metaphor compares two things that are not actually alike without using like or as.
The snow formed a blanket over the town.
The text uses a metaphor, comparing two things that are not actually alike without using like or as.
The metaphor conscience is a man's compass suggests that your conscience guides you to act the right way. A compass is an instrument used to find direction, just as your conscience guides you on the right moral path.