In this study, Jennifer Riddle Harding presents a cognitive analysis of three figures of speech that have readily identifiable forms: similes, puns, and counterfactuals. Harding argues that when deployed in literary narrative, these forms have narrative functions--such as the depiction of conscious experiences, allegorical meanings, and alternative plots--uniquely developed by these more visible figures of speech. Metaphors, by contrast, are often -invisible- in the formal structure of a text. With a solid cognitive grounding, Harding's approach emphasizes the relationship between...