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 ...