Metaphors and similes are descriptive tools that can help bring your writing to life. Find out more in this Bitesize KS2 English guide.

Metaphors and similes are descriptive tools that can help bring your writing to life. Find out more in this Bitesize KS2 English guide.

Now, most writers know that metaphors are important. But what is less known is why metaphors are so powerful. Lucky for us, psychological research on metaphors has exploded within the last decade ...

I read too much to put my faith in just one book. It all seems too simple to accept the Bible and its teachings, but science rapes the world of beauty by classifying and categorizing everything. Th… ...

In her newest book, You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer, writer Joy Marie Clarkson explores the metaphors we inhabit in our everyday lives.

Kaiako Hona Black has released his debut book He Iti te Kupu: MÄ ori Metaphors and Similes to help experienced and learners of te reo MÄ ori bring a poetic style to their kÅ rero.

Indeed, by about A.D. 400, when Christendom had embraced the codex -- the basic form of the book still used today -- the self was imagined as a “book of the heart.” ...

The book represents an epic intellectual journey, complete with heroes and enemies, and it will reward multiple readings with new insights into the human animal. Dec 17, 2000 Reviewed by L.M. Cerruti ...

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.