What is Figurative Language?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11238″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://www.flocabulary.com/lesson/what-is-figurative-language/”][vcex_spacing][vc_column_text]Check out the lyrics and more. Nobody wants to read boring sentences. So every writer from Charles Dickens to Lupe Fiasco uses a technique that makes their words jump off the page. They use figurative language. Figurative language means that the words you use don’t have their literal meaning, but instead are meant to be imaginative, vivid and evocative. So what is figurative language? Simply, it makes writing more interesting.

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