Title: Figurative language | Definition of Figurative language at Dictionary.com
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figurative language
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Content: You know what special effects are in movies, right? Well, figurative language is like the special effects of words. ( By the way, that last sentence was a simile—but more about that later.) Figurative language is used all the time: in poetry and literature for sure, but also in nonfiction writing and everyday speech—just about everywhere words are used. Using figurative language makes the things we say more expressive and more engaging. That’s because it gives us so many ways to express things that we wouldn’t otherwise be able to if we only used words literally. Why is figurative language important? It would be hard to get through a day without using figurative language. We might think about metaphors when we’re writing a story or analyzing a novel, but most of the time we don’t even realize we’re using figures of speech.