Figuratively speaking / [electronic resource] Robert Fogelin. Fogelin, Robert J. Figures of speech. Metaphor. PN227 808 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning - irony hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others - to show how they work and to explain their attraction. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199739998.001.0001 eng