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What's figurative languages 

is when a writer describes something by comparing it with some else. it is writing that goes from the actual meaning of the words at face value to getting special meaning

while figurative language uses similes, metaphor, hyperbole and personification to describe something through comparison with something different

1. simile - when you compares two different things in a interesting way 
2. alliteration - similar sounds at the beginning of the words or in stressed syllables
3. onomatopoeia - describing a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken
4. metaphors - is  used to make comparison between two thing that are not the same but do have something in common
5. hyperbole - is an exaggeration used for emphasis or humour. it is often used to make certain element of a story seem more interesting 
6. sound device and figurative tern that us made up if a series if vowel sounds in non-rhyming words 
7.  idiom - it's a common word or phrase which means something different from it's literal meaning but can be understood because of their popular use