The manual is materials for preparation for practical and seminar classes in the framework of the study of the discipline of the same name. The manual is intended for students studying in the direction of training 44. 03. 05 Pedagogical education (profile foreign language (primary) and second foreign) . The course "Modern Metaphor Theory" refers to the disciplines of choice and is implemented within the variable part. In addition, the materials of the manual can be useful to foreign language teachers, students of language areas of training and everyone who wants to expand their horizons and improve their English skills .