Homework Help: English

Posted by kev on Friday, April 13, 2007 at 5:39pm.

whats figurative language?

Check this site for a great explanation and examples.

http://volweb.utk.edu/school/bedford/harrisms/1poe.htm

Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. If you are seeking a definition for "figurative language" it is used to create images, using figures of speech to say something other than the literal meaning of the words. Some examples are: simile, metaphor, personification, etc.

If you would like some good Websites, please let us know.

Here is a site filled with really great references to figurative language.

http://42explore.com/figlang.htm

English - jordan, Monday, December 31, 2012 at 3:03pm
which of these is considerd figurative
lanuage? dialect, a personification, a metaphor, a simile or a ambibuity
English - jordan, Monday, December 31, 2012 at 3:05pm
metaphor is this right

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