Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-1993

Keywords

Legal writing, Metaphors

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Sturm College of Law

Abstract

Figures of speech, such as the metaphor of the season of spring that President Clinton used in his Inaugural Address, are commonplace in rehtoric. Similarly, such figures have their place in legal writing. Through judicious use of a metaphor, you can provide your readers with a pleasant interlude to the more mundane aspects of. your argument and transform an abstract concept into a powerful visual image.

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