figurative language figure of speech http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005680 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048175 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62001428 A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. PN227-PN228 figures of speech rhetorical figure turn of phrase