Question

Is this a simile or metaphor?

“Then I knew without being told,as if it were knowledge that I drank in with the water,that college were not for Indians.”

Answer 1

Metaphor.

Step-by-step explanation:

A simile is a phrase like " Angry as a bear " or " fast as a fox ", whereas a metaphor is something we know we can't actually do, like " drink knowledge ".