Samuel Taylor Coleridge called metaphor “an act of the imagination,” whereas he relegated simile to “an act of fancy.” Photo from National Portrait Gallery, 1795. Public Domain Samuel Taylor Coleridge ...

Metaphors can make or break your transformation message. They simplify complexity, create emotional connection, and cut through resistance. But not just any metaphor will do. Use these four questions ...

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 ...

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another without using “like” or “as.” This guide explains the definition, workings, and impact of metaphors in literature and daily life.

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. According to ...

Source: Francesco Bini/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 The most famous of all allegories is the Allegory of the Cave, in which Plato compares unphilosophical people to prisoners who, having spent their ...

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As teachers, teacher educators, and school leaders, we often discuss the implications of policies and working conditions on our ability to teach effectively. What we don’t say is that our common ways ...

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What do bacon, oil, tsunamis, exhaust, deluges, nuclear waste and teenage sex have in common? They are all things to which “Big Data” has been likened. The metaphors and similes cited above refer to ...