What is Figurative Language? Figurative language is when you describe something by comparing it to something else. The words or phrases that are used don't have a literal meaning. It uses metaphors, allusions, similes, hyperboles and other examples to help describe the object you are talking about.
What does the figurative language mean?
Figurative language creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract ideas. Words or phrases are used in a non-literal way for particular effect, for example simile, metaphor, personification.
What are some examples of figurative language?
Understanding the Concept of Figurative Language
- This coffee shop is an icebox! ( ...
- She's drowning in a sea of grief. ( ...
- She's happy as a clam. ( ...
- I move fast like a cheetah on the Serengeti. ( ...
- The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle. ( ...
- The sky misses the sun at night. (
