<P> A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase . It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words . Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity . However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation . </P> <P> Classical rhetoricians classified figures of speech into four categories or quadripartita ratio: </P>

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