Think about a long road trip. You may know where you want to go but the road can have turns …

That is the magic of a metaphor. Instead of saying that someone is very brave, we might call them a …

Sometimes a scary sentence does not need a monster a scream or a bloody scene. A few carefully chosen words …

Sylvia Plath’s Metaphors looks playful at first. The speaker calls herself an elephant a house a melon a loaf and …

Have you ever heard someone say We need to get all our ducks in a row and hit the ground …

Imagine someone says, Her patience was the yeast in his life. You understand the feeling but you may wonder why …

Have you ever noticed how the right words can arrive at exactly the right moment? A kind message when someone …

Sometimes you can be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone. You may be in a classroom where everyone …

Coffee is more than a drink. For many people it is the smell of a quiet morning the first spark …

When a teacher asks, Is this a simile or a metaphor? many students know that both compare things but they …