The real and the poetic in the journalistic narrative

The poet is inspired by the real for his artistic creation, while the journalist appropriates from the 'poetic' to turn his story into something more attractive and comprehensive. Are there confluent traces between literature and journalism? Do the real and the poetic merge in the construction of journalistic narratives? These are the concerns which start the debate on approaches and appropriations of literature resources by journalism, especially the rhetorical figures. After reflecting on Rhetorical Art and Poetics of Aristotle, which help to clarify this conceivable merge, and over the principles of journalism that support the production of narratives, this article intend to debate the following question: How and in which way the figures of speech, the language figures, can contribute in the construction of journalistic narratives?