Lesson14-Space Shuttle Challenger II. Writing device Metaphor Off to the side, a brilliant tongue of orange flame periodically flared in the night as excess hydrogen was let out harmlessly into the atmosphere. A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile this comparison is implied rather than stated W B TL E To be continued on the next page.Lesson14—Space Shuttle Challenger W B T L E II. Writing Devices Off to the side, a brilliant tongue of orange flame periodically flared in the night as excess hydrogen was let out harmlessly into the atmosphere. Metaphor To be continued on the next page. A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated