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 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 ...

It can be quite revealing to tune in to the kind of imagery people use when talking. Consider, for example, how people speak about the current economic crisis. Some view the economy as a complex ...

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 ...

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 ...

From a series of tubes to the information superhighway. From a series of tubes to the information superhighway. is an investigations editor and feature writer covering technology and the people who ...

When was the last time you dialed your phone? No, really: when did you last “dial” any phone? The term “dial” came to us from the rotary phone interface, which was largely phased out by push-button ...

While Hitler and Nazi metaphors seem never to go out of fashion in the toxic tides of American public discourse, they seem recently to have been set aside, at least temporarily, in favor of slavery ...