figure of speech

intentional deviation from ordinary (literal) language, chosen to produce a rhetorical effect or for other purposes, such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification or simile
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"figure of speech"@en
skos:altLabel
"rhetorical figure"@en
schema:description
"intentional deviation from ordinary (literal) language, chosen to produce a rhetorical effect or for other purposes, such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification or simile"@en
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popular saying
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