figurative language?

Question

what is it?
what does it include?

Answer 1

Figurative language uses "figures of speech" - a way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the words. For example, "All the world's a stage" Frost often referred to them simply as "figures." Frost said, "Every poem I write is figurative in two senses. It will have figures in it, of course; but it's also a figure in itself - a figure for something, and it's made so that you can get more than one figure out of it. It includes:
Metaphor ,Simile,Symbol,Personification,Allegory or Parable,Hyperbole.U can fin more on http://www.frostfriends.org/figurative.html

Answer 2

Writers use what is called figurative language to make their writing more exciting and emotional,. Figurative language is language that is not literal. When I say, "He's a real book worm" I don't mean that he is a worm.I mean he likes to read. So, that is a figurative expression.

Two main types of figurative language are metaphors and similes.

A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things.

A simile is also a comparison, using words 'like' or 'as' are used.
Figurative language


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Literal and figurative language
Figurative language uses figures of speech that is words or phrases that departs from straightforward, literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use.
There are several different figures of speech, but many do not carry much additional meaning beyond the literal one. They are mostly used to convince, educate or entertain, so they don't really need any additional marking if they are be included in Wiktionary at all.
The following ones do carry additional meaning to a greater or lesser degree and thus needs to marked. Note that they are not strictly mutually exclusive. For example all similes are metaphors, all synecdoches are metonyms which in turn are metaphors. However, there is no real consensus on when to use the more specialized terms.
[edit]Idioms


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Idiom
An idiom is phrase that cannot be fully understood from the separate meanings of the individual words which form it.
[edit]Examples
TypeFigurativelyLiterally
IdiomIt's raining cats and dogs!It's raining very heavily!
[edit]Metaphors and similes


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Metaphor

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Simile
A metaphor is a word or a phrase to refer to something that it isn't, implying a similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, if the metaphor does an explicit comparision with the words "like" and "as" it is called a simile.
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TypeFigurativelyLiterally
MetaphorHe has a heart of stone.He is totally insensitive.
SimileHis voice was as sharp as a knife.His voice was very sharp.
[edit]Metonyms and synecdoches


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Metonym

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Synecdoche
A metonym is a word or phrase that replaces another and uses of a single characteristic to identify a more complex entity. If a specific part of something is taken to refer to the whole, it is called a synecdoche.
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TypeFigurativelyLiterally
MetonymThe White House declined to comment.The US presidential administration declined to comment.
MetonymAfter Auschwitz many Jews moved to Israel.After the Holocaust many Jews moved to Israel.
SynecdocheAll hands on deck.All men on deck.
[edit]Euphemisms


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Euphemism
A euphemism is a word or phrase that replaces another and that is considered less offensive or less vulgar than the word or phrase it replaces.
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TypeFigurativelyLiterally
EuphemismMy dog passed away.My dog died.
EuphemismMany Afro-Americans live here.Many blacks live here.
[edit]Dysphemisms and cacophemisms


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Dysphemism

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Cacophemism
A dysphemism is a word or phrase that replaces another and that is considered more offensive or more vulgar than the word or phrase it replaces. If it deliberately offensive instead of merely humorously deprecating, it is called a cacophemism.
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TypeFigurativelyLiterally
DysphemismWe will crush them!We will outcompete them!
DysphemismI prefer the dead tree edition.I prefer the paper edition.
CacophemismMany ******* live here.Many blacks live here.
[edit]Hyperboles


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Hyperbole
An hyperbole is a word or phrase that replaces another that usually extremely exaggerated or extravagant. While what is a hyperbole or not is to large extent context dependent and not usually an inherent property of some meaning of the word or phrase itself, some words or phrases have meanings that should be marked.
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TypeFigurativelyLiterally
HyperboleIt's been eons since we last saw each other.It's has been a long time since we last saw each other.
[edit]Understatements


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Understatement
An understatement is a word or phrase that replaces another where a lesser expression is used than what would be expected. However, since what is an understatement or not is to a large extent context dependent and not usually an inherent property of some meaning of the word or phrase itself, no special marking should be used in most cases.

Answer 3

Figurative language or speech contains images. The writer or speaker describes something through the use of unusual comparisons, for effect, interest, and to make things clearer. The result of using this technique is the creation of interesting images.

Figurative language makes use of similes, metaphor, hyperbol, understatement, and irony.

example:
simile: the wind was blowing like a fan on high.
metaphor: I'm drowning in money.
hyperbole: That was a mile hih ice cream cone.
irony : She sings at the top of her lungs.

The two links below are wonderful for learning more about it.

Answer 4

Alliteration
Assonance
Cliche
Hyperbole
Idiom
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile

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