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Figurative language refers to communicating by ways other than through literal meanings. It works on the imagination. An example in 'The Wizard of Oz' is the incident in which Dorothy Gale throws water on the Wicked Witch of the West. The Witch is described as melting away like brown sugar.

The preceding description is an example of the figurative language type that's called a simile. In a simle, something that characterizes one thing is applied to something else. An example is the description of someone as 'dead as a stone' or as 'stone deaf'.

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