To understand what figurative language is, it is important to start with a working definition of literal language. Literal language refers to a phrase or sentence that is to be taken at face value to mean exactly what it says.For example, if a sentence reads, he went outside the box, that means the man was in a box and went outside of that area to another space.iteral language refers to a phrase or sentence that is to be taken at face value to mean exactly what it says. For example, if a sentence reads, he went outside the box, that means the man was in a box and went outside of that area to another space.
The Huns were a nomadic group of people who are known to have lived in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia between the 1st century AD and the 7th century.
1 A member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th-5th centuries. Example sentences. 1  In the fourth century, the Huns, a nomadic people from central Asia, began attacking the German tribes.2  In the first two decades of the 5th century, the Huns arrived in central Europe and subjugated many Germanic peoples. In the fourth century, the Huns, a nomadic people from central Asia, began attacking the German tribes. 2  In the first two decades of the 5th century, the Huns arrived in central Europe and subjugated many Germanic peoples.