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 ...

The human brain has an affinity for metaphors—a word or phrase that means something other than what it literally denotes. In addition to stimulating higher levels of mental processing, metaphors ...

When I teach writing workshops, one of the prompts I like to give my students is this: “Choose a metaphor that characterizes your spiritual life, and describe why it’s meaningful to you.” Some ...

If you were given a chance to choose your favorite life metaphor, what would it be? Do you agree with Forrest Gump's mother that life is "a box of chocolates" because "you never know what you're going ...

Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to ...

Life and identity are fluid, evolving through stages akin to the changing seasons, each offering new transformations. Identity is not defined by a single moment but by an ongoing process of becoming, ...

What we see determines how we lead. Too often, we lead from a constricted viewpoint stemming from a limited perspective. Seldom do entrepreneurs and individuals in leadership positions take time to ...