Figures of speech are a type of figurative language used to convey ideas in a more vivid and imaginative way. They include ORATORS (7 letters), which are people who speak publicly, similes (7 letters), which are comparisons between two different things using the words 'LIKE' or 'AS', tropes (6 letters), which are figures of speech that use words in a non-literal way, IDIOMS (6 letters), which are phrases that have a figurative meaning different from the literal meaning, images (6 letters), which are figures of speech that use vivid descriptions to create mental pictures, similies (8 letters), which are similar to similes but use the words 'SO' or 'than' instead of 'LIKE' or 'AS', and metaphors (9 letters), which are figures of speech that compare two different things without using the words 'LIKE' or 'AS'.