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 ...

Do you know what 'free as a bird' and 'happy as a lark' mean? These are examples of 'similes' and we've explained this useful figure of speech below! Similes are expressions that use 'like' or 'as' to ...

Descriptive language is used to help the reader feel almost as if they are a part of the scene or event being described. Description is useful because it helps readers engage with the world of the ...