Let's look at some idioms with "give." "I'll give it to you straight, Babcock. You lack the killer instinct." Add the phrasal verb up,...

Some fun things about the language in this caption: According to Wikipedia, the line "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" is a...

I love metaphors. They lend themselves to imagery and they are endlessly creative. And they form much of what is creative and beautiful...

You've already seen a lesson on "UP is higher on a vertical axis." But what if that axis becomes a path? We now access the metaphor: ...

If you want to create a graphic for the classroom you have two choices: abstract image, or descriptive image. The abstract image is an...

Metaphors are great, but they need a bit of organization before they can be applied pedagogically, otherwise it's just so much more...