# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q10690215](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10690215)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/figure-of-speech


## References

1. Library of Congress Authorities
2. Integrated Authority File
3. [Source](https://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?option=com_xslt&view=frontpage&layout=lth_detail&Itemid=474&search=figura+erretoriko)
4. [National Library of Latvia](https://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/1012.html)
5. [Source](https://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/1012.html)
6. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)