Some people find it difficult to say that someone has died, so they may turn to metaphors for death instead. These metaphors for dying can help you share that someone has died with softer and gentler ...

No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...

This lesson is as fun as recess! Join Ms. Randi House as she talks about similes and metaphors and how they make reading a lot more interesting. Rise and Shine is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

This post is the second in a series entitled The Writer's Laboratory. See the introductory post for more information. Source: correcting-1870721_1920 PixabayCCO 3844328 The metaphor is one of the most ...

Jan. 14-20 is Idiom Week, and today we thought we’d have a heart-to-heart about some strange phrases we use. Idioms, metaphors and similes are all types of figurative language. According to ...

Julia Turchaninova is a former senior teacher from the Houston Independent School District/Houston Community College System (HISD/HCCS) with a doctorate in education and more than four decades of ...