Figures of Speech |Figurative Language

Figures of Speech | |Definition of Figure of Speech

The ornaments of language. They are the words and phrases that convey more than their dictionary or literal meanings.

Figure of Speech  Examples |Examples of Figure of Speech

The commonly used figures of speech are: simile, metaphor, metonymy synecdoche, personification, hyperbole, etc .

For instance, the word 'log' in the sentence, "She sleeps like a 'log', is a figure of speech called simile. The literal meaning of 'log' is 'a thick piece of wood cut from a tree. So, a log is lifeless, motionless-dead.

"She" has been compared to a "log" to suggest  that she sleeps so deeply as if she were dead .

  Figurative Language||                     Figurative Language Definition

The language containing figures of speech is called figurative language. Figurative language is different from scientific language because figures of speech are avoided in scientific language.

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