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.I suppose that this is a vocabulary and composition assignment from your teacher, but this style of writing is inappropriate for such mundane topics. I have underlined problem areas and struck out inappropriate metaphors and other words:My computer, the caretaker of my studies, lies over the...

It is from the book "We need to talk about Kevin" written by Lionel Shriver. English IS her mother tongue. The novel even won Orange prize, which is awarded only to novels written in English, by female author.Ms Shriver likes to use many strange metaphors, some aptly made, some not. The book is...

Well, I think it is a mistake to use rotten egg, because as I said, in English it refers to a person rather than a situation. And you already have mixed metaphors-- rotten egg and surreal trophy do not go together at all (nor do I have any idea what surreal trophy may mean-- beyond the fact that...

Hi there! This is my second article about idioms. So if you want to create vivid word pictures, seizing the attention of your listeners to what you are saying, use more lively idioms in your speech, which will make your language more compelling. "English language is loaded with non-standard...

Tearsofjoy wrote: 6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. 16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met. Thanks for sharing them with us !

Courtesy of www.jumbojoke.com We've been told these are actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. Yeah, as if. --- 1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master. 2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and...

Hi! 3. Trying to warm his way into the confidence of the orphans' new guardian (their aunt that is a grammar freak), Count Olaf says: Count Olaf: Why, perhaps it's just the ramblings of an expert fisherman, but grammar is the number-one most important thing in this here world to me. (A man...

I doubt my list of possible books will be what you might call "sophisticated", but then I can recommend only books I've read myself. If you've read Hemingway and his books were not difficult for you, then you can read almost anything, in my opinion. As long as you don't choose to read Chaucer...