<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Literal and figurative language is a distinction within some fields of language analysis, in particular stylistics, rhetoric, and semantics . </P> <Ul> <Li> Literal language uses words exactly according to their conventionally proper meanings or denotation . </Li> <Li> Figurative (or non-literal) language uses words deviating from their proper definitions in order to achieve a more complicated understanding or heightened effect . Figurative language is often achieved by presenting words in order for them to be equated, compared, or associated with other normally unrelated words or meanings . </Li> </Ul>

Explain the difference between literal and figurative language