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figure of speech
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figure of speech
expression using words in a nonliteral or unusual sense
figures of speech
forms of expression in which words are used out of their literal sense to suggest a picture or image (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.)
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Figure of speech
A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words. There are mainly five figures of speech: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification and synecdoche. Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation.
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figure of speech
Noun
1. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
(synonym) trope, figure, image
(hypernym) rhetorical device
(hyponym) irony
(class) lens
(class) blind alley
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figure of speech
n.
řečnická figura, řečnický obrat
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figure of speech
Rzecz.
figura stylistyczna
