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Figure Of Speech
see synonyms of figure of speechNoun
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Figure Of Speech
see synonyms of figure of speechnoun
an expression of language, such as simile, metaphor, or personification, by which the usual or literal meaning of a word is not employed
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Figure Of Speech
see synonyms of figure of speech 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
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Figure Of Speech
see synonyms of figure of speechn. pl. figures of speech
An expression that uses language in a nonliteral way, such as a metaphor or synecdoche, or in a structured or unusual way, such as anaphora or chiasmus, or that employs sounds, such as alliteration or assonance, to achieve a rhetorical effect.
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