Figurative Language

Figurative language- a distinction in traditional systems for analyzing language. Figuartive language refers to words and groups of words.

Figure of speech a use of a word that diverges from its normal reading or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meanings of words in it such as a metaphor, simile, or personification.

Imagery- is used in literature to refer to descriptive that evokes sensory experience.

Trope- a language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.

All four terms are used everyday.