Before sitting for the ACT, it is important to gain an understanding of common literary devices. The ability to identify, analyze and employ literary devices can help test-takers score their best on ...

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, ...

A s a precocious child in the early 1940s, the American philosopher Richard Rorty became a connoisseur of exotic flowers. His passion sent him hunting for wild orchids in the mountains of northwestern ...

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 ...