Figurative language typically consists of using a more concrete concept to construe a more abstract concept. There are a variety of figurative language categories including: Metaphor, Metonymy, Simile, Idiom, etc. Below you will find a hierarchy of figurative language categories used in this dataset, including definitions and examples for each category. Note that the higher level categories (e.g., Metaphor, Ontological Metaphor) are defined but do not have examples because they were not used in the