I know I risk sounding like an English teacher when I use the words “figurative language.” The phrase may sound frightening but figurative language will make your writing more interesting evocative and memorable. And who doesn’t want that –even in non-fiction? Here are some examples of figurative language:
• allusion
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• oxymoron
• personification
• paradox
• simile
I read widely and follow many forms of media, keeping my eyes and ears attuned to figurative language so I can share a piece of it with you each week.
Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of arresting images from American writer Amor Towles…. I love receiving books — they are my favourite gift in the world. Particularly if the giver has already read the book […]
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from young adult author Vicki Grant…. I don’t typically read a lot of young adult fiction. I make a happy exception for John Green, who is a
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a simile from Belinda McKeon…. I can no longer recall how I discovered Belinda McKeon’s remarkable novel, Tender. I think, perhaps, I was browsing in a bookstore and the cover enchanted
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Megan Abbott. I seldom read mysteries or thrillers because I’m more interested in figurative language than plot. But when I find a writer who
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about several metaphors from American writer Christina Lynch…. I was filled with hope when I went to read Christina Lynch’s first novel, The Italian Party. The book had received rave reviews from
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from John Boyne… I find the Irish writer John Boyne to be remarkably versatile. The first book of his I read, A History of Loneliness, tackled the difficult
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Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Jean Hanff Korelitz… Probably because I’m the mother of triplets, several people recommended a new novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz to me. Titled The Latecomer, the
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Jean Echenoz… French writer Jean Echenoz published his first book, Le Méridien de Greenwich in 1979, and received the Fénéon Prize for it in 1980. Since then, he has
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Bonnie Garmus…. Bonnie Garmus is an American copywriter and creative director who currently lives in London. Now, she has a best-selling breakout novel on her hands, Lessons
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from author Katie Williams… How is technology changing your life? Perhaps you’re walking more because of your Fitbit? Maybe you’re able to take away more books with you
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