Question

What is a figurative speech?

Answer 1

I think you mean figure of speech but I might be wrong but I will tell you what a figure of speech is...

A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a different meaning from its literal meaning.

for e.g. Similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole (Exaggeration) etc are examples.

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Answer 2

Figure of Speech (or stylistic device or rhetorical device) is using of different styles to complement an idea, feeling or meaning. These speeches give importance, newness of expression, or clearness. The following are the figures of speeches:

Synecdoche, Anastrophe, Anaphora, Antonomasia, Personification, Simile, Analogy, Metaphor, Alliteration, Euphemism, Assonance, Idiom, Funny Metaphors, Jargon, Double Negative, Anadiplosis, Appositive, Enthymeme, Parallelism,  Adjunction, Antithesis, Apostrophe, Climax, Metonymy, Oxymoron, Litotes, Paralipsis, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Imagery, Symbol, Pun, Allegory, Tautology, Rhetoric, Zeugma, Anticlimax, Consonance, Irony, Polysyndeton, Rhetorical Question, Asyndeton, Parenthesis, Antimetabole, Epistrophe, Understatement, Chiasmus, Epithet and False Analogy.