Oscars. Oscar night is one of the biggest award show evenings of the year, but it's also one of the longest. Between the red carpet coverage and questions about what celebrities are wearing and Oscar speeches and awards to people we've never heard of, film buffs plan a whole night around this event.
Definition: Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness. Metaphor and simile are the two most commonly used figures of speech, but things like hyperbole, synecdoche, puns, and personification are also figures of speech.
By Richard Nordquist. Definition: Language in which figures of speech (such as metaphors and metonyms) freely occur. Contrast with literal speech or language. Figurative language can also be defined as any deliberate departure from the conventional meaning, order, or construction of words.