Figurative language refers to a type of language in which words or phrases are used in a way that differs from its everyday, normal meaning. Figurative language is used in order to give a text more vividness and make the reader more interested in the story. This type of language tries to create a clear image in the mind of the reader. Figurative language often employs literary devices.
The style of this declaration is rhetorical – that is, it sets up a series of questions which it then proceeds to answer through logical arguments. Behind these answers lie counter-arguments that do not show in the text, but which any reader of the day would have recognized.