This lesson focuses on the use of imagery and figurative language in writing to aid understanding and create images in the mind.

Explains what similes and metaphors are and how they are alike and different. Provides examples and practice sheets for each.

Seven slides introducing and providing examples of personification. Slides also explain the purpose and impact of personification within a text, and examples come from "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

This is a glossary entry for the term "Puns" including a definition and an extensive list of examples.

The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."

This is a glossary entry for the term "Analogy" including the definition, an example, and links to more information.

How is Greek mythology relevant to you right now? This site gives you examples of the connections between ancient Greek myths and your world today, in terms of figures of speech. Ever perform a Herculean task? Been tantalized by...

Two speeches given by Calvin Coolidge. The first was in 1924 on the topic of religious freedom. The second was in 1926 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The content of a speech given by Ronald Reagan in 1964 where he talks about the fine power and economic balance a government must maintain when providing social and humanitarian services.

This is the content of discussions involving Abraham Baldwin that took place at the Federal Convention on August 22, 1787, Much of it is on the immorality of slavery.