- What is literary and figurative meaning?
- What is the difference between plain language and figurative language?
What is literary and figurative meaning?
Figurative Language. Literal language means exactly what it says, while figurative language uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification to describe something often through comparison with something different.
What is the difference between plain language and figurative language?
Literal language uses words exactly according to their conventionally accepted meanings or denotation. Figurative (or non-literal) language uses words in a way that deviates from their conventionally accepted definitions in order to convey a more complicated meaning or heightened effect.