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Question

Figurative language is what makes literature an art form. Building a piece of literature is simply the putting together of its elements of theme, point of view, characterizations, setting, and plot. The real art comes in the metaphors, similes, hyperboles, and other figurative language. How does figurative language require an artistic perspective? How does the author's use of figurative language betray his thoughts? For example, why are Shakespeare's writings so much more rich in metaphor than a modern writer's?

Answer 1

nice...but boring!

Answer 2

Don't be such an airhead !! A mind is made of thoughts, which have weight. Heavy thoughts are solid and deep, light thoughts are vacuous and lofty. If it smelleth like a metaphor, it must be. Critical writing takes work, and thought--me thinks homework.

I'm not trying to be harsh---just trying to give you an example of a metaphor.  Why do you think that the language in the time of Shakespear was so full of words that were not direct? One, it was entertainment for the brain.  Today we're all about slang...or are we?  "Dude! That nose ring is sick!!"

Answer 3

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Answer 4

deep

Answer 5

stop trying to sound intelligent.

Answer 6

Figurative Language helps the writer express his feelings a lot better, for example:

"Ben was so tired that after lifting the Giant boulder called AP Lit on his back, that he wanted to go to sleep."

Well, saying that Ben was tired from taking the hard AP Lit class and just wanted to go to sleep appears clear to some but that is literal and it DOES NOT really show the difficulty of the class. Figurative Language is not literal (real), it usually over exaggerates a point to make it come across a lot clearer.

If I wanted to tell you that AP Chem was a hard class, which would better persuade you that it is a hard class?

1. I took AP Chem today, it was tough and I was tired after it, I felt like going to sleep, it is truly a hard class, especially when we took the test.

OR

2. I took AP Chem today, that class was SO tough that every time we would get work, it would feel like boulders are raining down on me in an open field of no escape, taking that test was like battling a minotaur.

To most, sentence number 2 would truly persuade them that AP Chem is a hard class because people can picture how tough it is.

Figurative Language escapes from reality and put a lot of emphasis on a topic so that the reader can understand it well, Figurative Language also is better when used with allusion (reference to a famous time, place, person etc)