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This paper aims to present some of the difficulties that encounter Libyan university students when studying English literature, and to examine methods and teaching strategies that might be used in the literature class to increase the students' level of awareness of literal and metaphoric language. It argues that metaphorical language plays an important role in language teaching as part of gaining cultural knowledge, metaphorical understanding and communicative competence. As educators, we frequently search for more effective methods of communicating information and helping students to learn. Mastery of the subject matter presented in the classroom is essential to the goal of education; however, the way that information is presented to the student can impact their learning. Several studies have found that a number of strategies can be used to help students better assimilate and retain information. Among those strategies are the effective use of analogy, and metaphor.
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