Hyperbole, similes and metaphors are all types of figurative language that help to make your writing more interesting. They can be particularly helpful for creating an image of what you are writin ...

This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts, including metaphor, metonymy, simile, and blending, and develops new tools for analyzing them. It coherently grounds ...

Dr. Turner’s distillation of the views of particular major thinkers or recurring issues in the study of figurative language is…. admirably clear and incisive, effectively, and engagingly drawing ...

High school students who study poetry forms come away with confidence to analyze poetry and to create and share their own ...

Imagine waking up for the first day of middle school and discovering you’ve already missed class — for more than half the ...

In this grade-by-grade guide, you'll find math standards, English and language arts standards and tips for social skills and physical development from preschool through high school.

Counts toward requirement 1 as a gateway for the major and minor. AP credit (a 4 or 5 on the English Language & Composition Exam or the English Literature & Composition Exam) may not be used to ...

I personally don’t care for that. How about you? At a reader’s request, I’m sharing my favorite picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade books with strong character arcs that will be easily ...

For UK students, we normally ask for a minimum of a grade 4/C in GCSE English Language. We also accept a range of alternative UK qualifications. For International students, we accept qualifications ...

Faculty not meeting the submission deadline for their reporting window will be required to submit via the Grade change workflow found in their myPurdue portal. Second Eight Weeks (S8) (meets March 4 ...

Hyperbole, similes and metaphors are all types of figurative language that help to make your writing more interesting. They can be particularly helpful for creating an image of what you are writin ...