What is figurative language?

language meant to appeal to the senses

a ballad printed on one side of a large sheet of paper

a narrative poem put to music

writing not meant to be interpreted literally

A figurative language is a writing not meant to be interpreted literally.

It is using figures of speech to be more effective, impactful, and persuasive.

The figures of speech are:

1) simile

2) metaphor

3) alliteration

4) anaphora

5) assonance

6) hyperbole

7) irony

8) metonymy

9) onomatopoiea

10) paradox

11) personification

12) pun

13) synecdoche

14) understatement

15) antithesis

16) euphemism

17) oxymoron