Figures of speech are used every day in our lives. Here is what a metaphor is and examples of how it is used.

Learn about how writers use imagery, the impact of imagery and how to appeal to the senses with this guide for KS3 English students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to convey meaning. Use these mentor texts to teach writers how to write similes ...

Turn the poet out of door. Robert Frost’s “To the Thawing Wind” is most fondly remembered for its inspiring tone and universally applicable motifs, but it’s also heralded from a linguistic perspective ...

References to the Real World: An Exhibition of Figurative Art will run until August 31. The Museum District Eye Center/Carolyn Garcia Gallery, 4704 Montrose. For more information, call 713-524-5007.

His speaking style is shot through with figurative imagery – a sort of language that we know is particularly effective at rousing people’s feelings.