Figure Of Speech Definition

figures-of-speech

noun

An expression, as a metaphor or simile, using words in a nonliteral sense or unusual manner to add vividness, beauty, etc. to what is said or written.

Webster's New World

(idiomatic) A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.

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Synonyms:
image
figure
trope
symploce
hyperbaton
chiasmus
aporia
apophasis

adjective

Attributive form of figure of speech, noun.

Figure-of-speech use.

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Other Word Forms of Figure Of Speech

Noun

Singular:

figure of speech

Plural:

figures-of-speech

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Figure Of Speech Is Also Mentioned In

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hendiadys
epiploce
enantiosis
metaphor
synizesis
aporia
occidentotropism
diallage
metonymy
paraprosdokian
syllepsis

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figure-skate
figure-skater
figurehead
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Figure Of Speech Definition

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