departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical
The opposite of figurative is literal.
Metaphor
runners and riders
representative, indicative, figurative
All metaphors are figurative (cannot be interpreted literally). If you say 'Mary is a block of ice', you take it as meaning 'Mary is an unemotional, perhaps cruel, person'. So metaphor is a figure of speech where words (here, 'block of ice') have figurative meaning, that is mean something different than they literally say.
no dialogue is not figurative language because figurative language is similies, metephors and idioms and personification
Four syllables are in figurative
Figurative means not literal. Figurative language refers to things like metaphors and similes.
figuratif/figurative - au sens figuré
metaphor
symbolism is considered to be figurative language. onomatopoeia is a sound element that is a subheading of figurative language.
What kind of figurative language is the poem,” Homework, Oh homework
An example of a figurative device is a simile, metaphor, alliteration, etc.
The word figurative is an adjective. It describes something metaphorical.
At the start of my degree course my work was mostly figurative.
This is an example of an engish figurative language.
Eye contact is a "figurative handshake."