departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical
The opposite of figurative is literal.
No, figurative meaning and denotative meaning are not the same. Denotative meaning refers to the literal, dictionary definition of a word, while figurative meaning involves the use of language in a way that implies something beyond the literal interpretation, often through metaphor, simile, or other rhetorical devices. Figurative language adds depth and emotion, conveying ideas in a more imaginative or symbolic manner.
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.
Metaphor
representative, indicative, figurative
no dialogue is not figurative language because figurative language is similies, metephors and idioms and personification
Figurative means not literal. Figurative language refers to things like metaphors and similes.
Four syllables are in figurative
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.
Eye contact is a "figurative handshake."
At the start of my degree course my work was mostly figurative.
This is an example of an engish figurative language.
4 Example of Figurative Language in 'The Wish'