Elevated recreation involving English figures of speech (6)
I believe the answer is:
tropes
'figures of speech' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tropes that I've seen before include "Poster for figures of speech" , "Figures of speech, figurative usages of words" , "Figures of speech - pest or what?" .)