Stylistic device
Description
Example(s)
repetition of a sound at the
beginning of neighbouring words
fun fact, weak and weary, live love laugh
direct or indirect reference to sth. that the reader/listener knows
This is my Garden of Eden.
listing of words, phrases, or ideas
My hair is long, soft, and wavy
hyperbole
strong exaggeration used for
serious or comedic effect
expression of meaning by using
language that typically means the opposite
Well done! Now you broke it.
comparison using the words as or like
The children fight like cats and dogs
direct comparison of two different things without using the words as or like
He's a couch potato
onomatopoeia
use of a word that imitates the sound it refers to
apparently contradictory terms appearing together
old news, organized chaos
parallelism
repetition of similar or identical words, phrases, sentence structure, etc. in the same or neighbouring sentences
form of parallelism which repeats the same word(s) at the beginning of
neighbouring sentences
Come in, I say. Come in and eat with us.
technique of representing animals or objects as if they were (like) human beings
The city never sleeps.
use of a word or phrase more than once in a sentence or text to emphasize something
We marched and
marched.
a question to which the answer seems
obvious and is therefore not necessary
Do birds fly?
synecdoche
a part representing the whole or vice versa
statement in which the true magnitude of an idea or event is presented as less valuable or important than it actually is
Global warming is a bit of a problem.
wordplay/pun
use of a word which may be understood in multiple different ways
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