Poetry can be used to create a clear image in your reader's mind. You can use figurative language in your poems to help you do this. You can also write about the five senses (smell, taste ...

A basic definition of figurative language is language that is used in an exaggerated fashion to represent an idea. Advertising puts figurative language to good use. Once you develop an ...

Literal language is when we say what we mean. Like ‘The news van is parked outside,’ or ‘Meeting new people makes me nervous.’ Figurative language can be anything that doesn’t mean what ...

Poetry essentially is figurative language, concentrated so that its form is both expressive and evocative. Figuration is a departure from the literal, and the form of a great poem itself can be a ...

His speaking style is shot through with figurative imagery – a sort of language that we know is particularly effective at rousing people’s feelings. Indeed, fluency in metaphor and imagery is ...

Dr. Turner’s distillation of the views of particular major thinkers or recurring issues in the study of figurative language is…. admirably clear and incisive, effectively, and engagingly drawing ...