Analyzing the Main EFL Learners' Writing Problems with Focus on Figurative Language: Metaphor and Metonymy Instruction
Subject Areas :Nasrin Jenabagha 1 , Shaban Najafi Karim 2 , Amir Marzban 3
1 - English Department, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran
2 - English Department, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran
3 - English Department, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran
Keywords: استعاره, کنایه, مهارت نوشتاری, زبان تصویری,
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