“Being intelligent is like having four-wheel-drive. It only allows you to get stuck in hard-to-reach places.” This delightful observation by Garrison Keillor demonstrates the remarkable power of ...

In his 18th sonnet, Will Shakespeare posed a question for his lady love. He asked: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? It was a nice thought. Then the bard bogged down. He left his simile ...

Creating similes is one of the best ways to stimulate creativity. They warm up your mental engines and help you look at the world with new and different perspectives. Similes help you understand one ...

PRESENTER 1: Figurative language uses words or expressions to convey a meaning to a reader that is different to the literal meaning. PRESENTER 2: It’s used to add flair to your writing and to convey a ...

Linguistic devices are specific ways of using language or other literary elements that we can recognise and identify in a text (a piece of writing). These can work either at a word or sentence level ...