Even if you're years out of school and not actively taking an English class, it's hard not to note how we use literary and sound devices in music, art, advertising and writing. You've got "Snap, ...

Picture the following scenario, said Visiting Assistant Professor of German Andrew Hamilton at a recent faculty seminar: It’s the early 1800s and two European cavalry officers—let’s say Russians—are ...

City Desk has consistently returned thumbs-down verdicts on Washington Post Staff Writer DeNeen Brown and her literary devices. Any loyal Post reader knows the Brown MO—excessive second person ...

The CLA Journal is a multilingual, peer-reviewed quarterly publication by the College Language Association. Established in 1957, the journal fosters the publication of socially engaged, innovative, ...