3. In some cases it can be very simple to distinguish one type of figurative language from another: if you say my love is like a flower you are using a simile, and if you say my love is a flower you are using a metaphor. yeah Although its not one of Amys most popular songs, You Sent Me Flying is definitely memorable. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? What is figurative language? {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? (Refers to the story of Adam and Eve), Red velvet cake is my kryptonite. Similes are a form of figurative language that use the words "like" or "as" to compare two things. Sonnet 104, To me, fair friend, you never can be old, by William Shakespeare addresses the facts of aging and the possibility that the Fair Youth is effected just as much as anyone else is. Text is mainly descriptive with figurative language such as Im Like a Bird by Nelly Furtado*.