Sclerotherapy for esophageal varices. Sclerotherapy for esophageal varices, also called endoscopic sclerotherapy, is a treatment for esophageal bleeding that involves the use of an endoscope and the injection of a sclerosing solution into veins.
Metaphors. This KS2 English quiz will test you on metaphors. A metaphor is a figure of speech. In his poem 'Timothy Winters', the poet Charles Causley describes a boy with 'ears like bombs', 'teeth like splinters' and 'eyes as wide as a football pool'. metaphor explains that a thing or person IS something else, rather than like something else. 1  The cat slipped through the grass like a stealthy tiger. 2  The cat was a stealthy tiger, slipping through the long grass. 3  The cat was as stealthy as a tiger. 4  The cat slipped through the grass as stealthily as a tiger.
Definition of Metaphor. A metaphor is a rhetorical figure of speech that compares two subjects without the use of âlikeâ or âas.â Metaphor is often confused with simile, which compares two subjects by connecting them with âlikeâ or âasâ (for example: âSheâs fit as a fiddleâ). metaphor is a rhetorical figure of speech that compares two subjects without the use of âlikeâ or âas.â Metaphor is often confused with simile, which compares two subjects by connecting them with âlikeâ or âasâ (for example: âSheâs fit as a fiddleâ).