Figures of speech are used in many kinds of texts, including legal texts. The late Justice Scalia saw "speech" and "press" in the First Amendment as "a sort of synecdoche" (p. 38 here). And several ...

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 ...

At a time of political turmoil, unprecedented world events and an increasingly divided society, what does inspiring leadership sound like? Figures of Speech, a major new digital film project for 2017, ...

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another without using “like” or “as.” This guide explains the definition, workings, and impact of metaphors in literature and daily life.

Following shows at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Virgil Abloh will now bring his “Figures of Speech” retrospective to the Institute of Contemporary ...