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Information About Figurative Language

Generally, figurative language is not used in Writing for Business & Government. Although some exceptions might be:

  • Sales literature
  • Advertising literature

Specific types of figurative languagethe your students should be discouraged from using in the document they prepare for ENG145.13 are:

  • cliché
  • hyperbole
  • idiom
  • metaphor
  • simile
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