Discuss the characteristics of language development during adolescence.
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Language development during adolescence includes increasingly sophisticated use of words. As they develop abstract thinking, adolescents become much better than children at analyzing the function a word performs in a sentence. Adolescents also develop more subtle abilities with words. They make strides in understanding metaphor, which is an implied comparison between unlike things. For example, individuals "draw a line in the sand" to indicate a nonnegotiable position; a political campaign is said to be a marathon, not a sprint. And adolescents become better able to understand and to use satire, which is the use of irony, derision, or wit to expose folly or wickedness. Caricatures are an example of satire. More advanced logical thinking also allows adolescents, from about 15 to 20 years of age, to understand complex literary works.
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