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For example, the sentence, "The Ground is thirsty", is partly figurative. "Ground" has a literal meaning, but the ground is not alive and therefore neither needs to drink nor feels thirst. Readers immediately reject a literal [[interpretation]] and confidently interpret the words to mean "The ground is dry," an [[analogy]] to the condition that would trigger thirst in an [[animal]]. However, the statement, "When I first saw her, my [[soul]] began to quiver," is harder to interpret. It could describe infatuation, panic, or something else entirely. The context a [[person]] requires to interpret this statement is familiarity with the speaker's [[feelings]]. Other people can give a few [[words]] a provisional set of meanings, but cannot understand the figurative utterance until acquiring more [[information]].
For example, the sentence, "The Ground is thirsty", is partly figurative. "Ground" has a literal meaning, but the ground is not alive and therefore neither needs to drink nor feels thirst. Readers immediately reject a literal [[interpretation]] and confidently interpret the words to mean "The ground is dry," an [[analogy]] to the condition that would trigger thirst in an [[animal]]. However, the statement, "When I first saw her, my [[soul]] began to quiver," is harder to interpret. It could describe infatuation, panic, or something else entirely. The context a [[person]] requires to interpret this statement is familiarity with the speaker's [[feelings]]. Other people can give a few [[words]] a provisional set of meanings, but cannot understand the figurative utterance until acquiring more [[information]].
Figurative language departs from literal meaning to achieve a special effect or meaning. [[Techniques]] for doing so are listed in an article on [http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/Figures-Overview.htm Figures of speech].
Figurative language departs from literal meaning to achieve a special effect or meaning. [[Techniques]] for doing so are listed in an article on [https://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/Figures-Overview.htm Figures of speech].
==See also==
==See also==
*'''''[[Fundamentalism]]'''''
*'''''[[Fundamentalism]]'''''
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
