A figurative language is a writing not meant to be interpreted literally.
It is using figures of speech to be more effective, impactful, and persuasive.
The figures of speech are:
1) simile
2) metaphor
3) alliteration
4) anaphora
5) assonance
6) hyperbole
7) irony
8) metonymy
9) onomatopoiea
10) paradox
11) personification
12) pun
13) synecdoche
14) understatement
15) antithesis
16) euphemism
17) oxymoron