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Metaphors and Similes
Course modified date: 16 يونيو 2022
Learn about metaphors and similes, what figurative language is, what a metaphor and simile is and how and when we use them. This course is ideal for intermediate learners.
Introduction
In this course we are going to look at what metaphors and similes are, and how we might use them as part of writing.
Metaphors and similes are both examples of figurative language – this is an umbrella term that covers lots of different writing techniques in English.Not only does figurative language include metaphors and similes but it also includes things like hyperbole (when you deliberately exaggerate something) and onomatopoeia (which is when a word sounds like the thing that it is describing).
The reason it is called figurative language is because these different writing styles are not to be taken literally – meaning they work through associations and imagery, rather than saying things how they really are.
You will learn
- Understand what figurative language is
- Know what a metaphor is
- Know what a simile is
- Understand how and when we use metaphors and similes
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