Books. Library of Congress Home. The New York Public Library. Smithsonian Libraries. Figures of Speech. A figure is worth a thousand words (A picture is worth a thousand words) Figurative language: One meaning of "figure" is "drawing" or "image" or "picture".
Figurative language creates figures (pictures) in the mind of the reader or listener. These pictures help convey the meaning faster and more vividly than words alone. Figures Of Speech - List Of Figures Of Speech. The Rumblr — storyboard: The Last Book I Loved: I Love Dick ... Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare. Ideal Portrait of Shakespeare, Angelica Kauffman, 1770s by Ralph Waldo Emerson Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.
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