what is the meaning of figure of speech?

Answer 1

literal and figurative
Literal means exactly what it says: "I'm sick." Means you are throwing up or have a temperature, a cold, etc.
Figurative means you don't really mean it, it is like an expression: "I am sick of you boys always making a mess."
It can also be an idiom: "It was raining cats and dogs" means it was raining a lot. (no animals were hurt!)

Answer 2

A figure of speech, sometimes termed a rhetorical , or elocution, is a word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use.

Note that not all theories of meaning necessarily have a concept of "literal language" (see literal and figurative language). Under theories that do not, figure of speech is not an entirely coherent concept.

As an example of the figurative use of a word, consider the sentence, I am going to crown you. It may mean:

* I am going to place a literal crown on your head.
* I am going to symbolically exalt you to the place of kingship.
* I am going to punch you in the head with my clenched fist.
* I am going to put a second draught piece on top of your draught piece to signify that it has become a king (as in the game of draughts/checkers).

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Answer 3

A figure of speech, sometimes termed a rhetorical , or elocution, is a word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use.

Answer 4

Beautiful way of speaking and writing.

Answer 5

a way and manner of stating something instead doing it actually