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

Metaphors, similes, and analogies are figures of speech, which are a type of literary device (also called, depending on the context, a rhetorical device or poetic device).

I started consciously thinking about metaphors and similes when I began writing my first novel, Two Sisters of Coyoacán. I wanted to describe characters and events in rich ways that would make ...

A metaphor simply states that one thing is another thing. Metaphors are used in poetry, literature and anytime someone wants to add some variation to their language. Example: Barry is a couch potato.

Metaphors and similes are descriptive tools that can help bring your writing to life. Find out more in this Bitesize KS2 English guide.

Metaphor examples Metaphors are often used in poetry, literature, songs and everyday speech to make the tone more illustrative or expressive. Metaphor examples in songs include: ...

In the early stages, we were completely concerned about the act of making a metaphor and uncovering what the metaphor was about. But now we are more concerned about the lifetime, the metaphor as it ...

Alison Whiteford Damerall, Ronald T. Kellogg, Familiarity and Aptness in Metaphor Comprehension, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 129, No. 1 (Spring 2016), pp. 49-64 ...