What is sensory language in literature?

What does this mean: "The language of literature is associative: it uses figures of speech: like the simile.."?

• I need some help figuring out what this statement means (either by analyzing it or explaining it). Any help would be greatly appreciated (the part I need help with is the Capital Letters part): "The language of literature is associative: it uses figures of speech, like the simile and the metaphor, TO SUGGEST AN IDENTITY BETWEEN THE HUMAN MIND AND THE WORLD OUTSIDE IT." -Thanks

• Answer:

  Literature uses similes to elaborate on a meaning eg. 'my mind is clouded like a stormy sky when it comes to understanding figures of speech.' (Simile is a comparison using 'like.) Metaphor compares two unlike things. ' When I sat down to study my mind was a mine field after that fierce fight I had just had with my mother.'