Making things clearer vs clear
Figurative language is language which uses figures of speech. This is when the writer describes things through the use of unusual comparisons, for effect, interest, to make things clearer. The result of using this technique is the creation of interesting images.
The main figures of speech are:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/english/close_reading_texts/appreciating_writer/revision/2/
I know that "clearer" is a comparative form(an adjective) of "clear" but always find it difficult to understand the comparisions without "than"?
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clearer = more clear to make things more clear (than they already are) Things are somewhat clear, but not perfectly clear. We want to make them clearer . CJ
- clearer = more clear to make things more clear (than they already are) Things are somewhat clear, but not perfectly clear.
- We want to make them clearer .
- CJ
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clearer = more clear
to make things more clear (than they already are)
Things are somewhat clear, but not perfectly clear. We want to make them clearer.
CJ
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