Similes, metaphors, and creativity

• Published in: Educational psychology (Dorchester-on-Thames) Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 163 - 184
• Main Author: Kao, Chen-Yao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dorchester-on-Thames Routledge 07.02.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Creativity; Familiarity; Figurative Language; Fluency; Foreign Countries; Language Fluency; Language Usage; Metaphor; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); originality; Performance Factors; Research design; Rhetorical figures; Simile; Undergraduate Students; Verbal Communication; Vocabulary development; Taiwan

This research aimed to examine the differential effects of simile and metaphor on creativity. In the main study, 123 participants were recruited from a university in Taiwan. A within-subjects experimental design was used to investigate how variables related to simile and metaphor influenced these pa...