Daisy Crystal and Rachel Reporting meet in a café, soon to discover the very important difference between literal and figurative language. Suitable for teaching English Language at Key Stage 3 or ...

If language is a virus, the OED honchos are like epidemiologists classifying some new mutation, where a word and its meaning have been topsy-turvied, where the literal literally becomes figurative.

Literal language is when we say what we mean. Like “The news van is parked outside,” or “Meeting new people makes me nervous.” Figurative language can be anything that doesn't mean what it ...

When people understand expressions that are intended nonliterally, two kinds of meaning are simultaneously apprehended: the literal meanings of the words themselves and the speaker's intended ...