Figuratetive language in political speech : metaphor, metonym, idioms

Abstract EN

Figurative language is a significant method of using symbols to express certain meaning or pass on an idea for its easiness which can be understood by most of the people.

Figurative language is not an alternate to the literal language in communication, but it could be favourable in certain situations or a brief way to convey certain meaning.

Figurative language could be symbols (posters) like those that are used in long roads that give certain information for example; the use of a fork and a knife to tell people that there is a restaurant nearby, or the symbol or the a curved red line to tell the driver about a sudden change in the road.

The use of metaphor can express a specific idea or instructions.

So, figurative language is helpful to clarify the meaning with the aid of the literal ones or without it.

From the above, one can sum up that figurative language represents an interesting, and economical way of describing certain idea and representing instructions, moreover to its easiness