All 3 Uses of
figurative language
in
The Last of the Mohicans
- Though the figurative language of David was not very intelligible, the sincere and steady expression of his eye, and the glow of his honest countenance, were not easily mistaken.†
Chpt 22 *
- "They will yet find the Huron a singing-bird," said Duncan, endeavoring to adopt the figurative language of the natives.†
Chpt 29
- The men of the Lenape listened to his words with all the respect that superstition could lend, finding a secret charm even in the figurative language with which the young Sagamore imparted his ideas.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary or literal meaning of the words; e.g., similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperboles