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	Authors use figurative language because they want to convey creativity. Creative writers like authors use metaphor, analogy and symbols to stir the reader's thoughts and bring out the emotion and perceptive that can't be uttered by the world's dictionary meaning alone. Figurative language is also a rhetorical tool.		Authors use figurative language because they want to convey creativity. Creative writers like authors use metaphor, analogy and symbols to stir the reader's thoughts and bring out the emotion and perceptive that can't be uttered by the world's dictionary meaning alone. Figurative language is also a rhetorical tool. The figurative use of language can sometimes be more effective, especially in creative writing. Sometimes it just makes things easier to understand. Also, using figurative language can make things more difficult to understand depending on the intention of the orator. To enhance expression.