What is figurative language ?
and whats an example of Shakespeare using one ?
2006-11-13 11:45:16 · 4 answers · asked by IRunWithScissors 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
figurative language is anything like similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, etc.
An example from shakespeare? Well, "'Tis the East, and Juliet is the Sun"
2006-11-13 11:49:47 · answer #1 · answered by Jakari 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The poem talks about 'summer season's lease': as if summer season replaced into someone, who rented area of the three hundred and sixty 5 days. yet summer season isn't someone, and would not lease some thing - so that is figurative language. The poem also talks about summer season's 'gold complexion' - as if summer season had a face. yet summer season does not have a face, so that is likewise figurative language.
2016-11-23 20:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by marez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figurative language is not meant to be interpreted literally
but has symbolic or indirect meaning.
* metaphor "Juliet is the sun" (does not use "like" or "as")
* imagery "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
(invokes the senses, the sight of a rose, the smell of a rose)
* similes (uses "like" or "as" for direct comparison)
Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books,
But love from love, toward school with heavy looks
Also, "Personification"
see also
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/randj/story/lit_device.html
2006-11-13 11:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thats means sign language!☺
Happy Marking!☺
2006-11-13 12:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋