A-Z: General definitions
- Leda
- Left hand
- Left Wing
- Legalistic
- Legend
- Leitmotif
- Lenin
- Lent
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Leper
- Leprosy
- Lerna
- Lesbianism
- Lethe
- Leto
- Letter and Spirit
- Letters
- Levellers
- Levi
- Leviathan
- Levite
- Leviticus
- Lexical field
- Lexis
- LGBT
- Liberal
- Libertine
- Library
- Librettist
- Libretto
- Licentiousness
- Life after death
- Light
- Lily
- Limbo
- Limpid
- Line
- Lion
- Liquid
- Litany
- Literal
- Literariness
- Literary
- Literary Analysis
- Literary Criticism
- Literate
- Literature
- Litotes
- Little lower than the Angels
- Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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A-Z: General definitions: Literal
Definition
Referring to the meaning of a statement: that there is nothing figurative about it.
In literature, words are used in a non-literal sense much of the time, to make the language striking and persuasive. Sounds are also carefully arranged to have certain effects. This is all figurative language.
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