Figure of speech is the intentional departure from straight-forward, literal use of language for the purpose of clarity, emphasis, or freshness of expression.
See also:
- alliteration
- anthimeria
- antithesis
- aposiopesis
- apostrophe
- conceit
- euphemism
- hyperbole
- kenning
- irony
- litotes
- meiosis
- metaphor
- metonymy
- onomatopoeia
- paradox
- paralipsis (also called praeteritio)
- paronomasia
- periphrasis
- perissologia
- personification
- pleonasm
- procatalepsis
- proslepsis
- simile
- syllepsis
- synecdoche.
- tertium comparationis
- tmesis (and dystmesis)
- zeugma