Figurative language is the non-literal use of language. Examples: The old man is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Also: The mother fought like a tigress for custody of her children.
If you are referring to "a severe mall habit" an example of figurative language might be "shopaholic."
"Break a leg" is a phrase that has a literal meaning related to theater traditions wishing someone good luck before a performance, and a figurative meaning implying good luck or success in any endeavor.
Literal language is fully factual. Figurative language is full of comparisons and not-blatantly-true language. Literal: Your eyes are blue. Your hair is light red. Figurative: Your eyes are like the deep blue ocean after a storm. Your hair burns with the fire of the sun.
Dialect is not figurative language. Dialect refers to the way a language is spoken in a particular region or by a specific group of people, while figurative language uses words or expressions to convey a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words. Idioms are commonly used in everyday language and may not make literal sense when taken word for word.
Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language
symbolic
Language not meant to be take literally is called figurative language.
Metaphor
Figurative language
This type of figurative language is symbolism.
figurative, or figuratively means that, for a given phrase, you should understand it in it's nonliteral meaning. It is a current pattern for people to use the word 'literally' when they really should be using 'figuratively' (yes, an example of a figure of speech or trope is metaphor or allegory, and figurative derives its meaning eventually from 'figure of speech')metaphor, or metaphorically, is a short phrase intended to be understood in its figurative meaning, without explicitly saying so. 'metaphor' is autological (self-describing, see this recent question) since etymologically it describes itself (it is a figurative 'carrying over' of meaning).an allegory is a story that can be understood both literally and as referring one to one with some external already know situation.
Yes. Your example is an idiom. This means that the phrase has a meaning other than the literal one.
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are not used for their literal meaning
If you are referring to "a severe mall habit" an example of figurative language might be "shopaholic."
"Break a leg" is a phrase that has a literal meaning related to theater traditions wishing someone good luck before a performance, and a figurative meaning implying good luck or success in any endeavor.