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In literature and writing, a stylistic device is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to the literal or written. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Stylistic device. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...

Allegory

The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. For Example: clover with four leaves = luck. The allegory is similar to the symbol. An allegory (from Greek αλλος, allos, other, and αγορευειν, agoreuein, to speak in public) is a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than (and in addition to) the literal. ...

Alliteration

Repetition of a sound, normally a consonant, at the beginning of neighbouring words, to produce a rhythmic, and sometimes comic effect. For example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." As is evident, this technique is a favorite in tongue twisters. Alliteration is a stylistic device, or literary technique, in which successive words (more strictly, stressed syllables) begin with the same consonant sound or letter. ...

Allusion

Direct or indirect reference to something or somebody the reader or listener is supposed to recognize and respond to. An allusion may be literary, historical, biblical, etc. Allusion is a stylistic device in which one references an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external context. ...

Assonance

The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within stressed syllables of neighbouring words. For example: "Try to light the fire". link titleAssonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within a short passage of verse or prose. ...

Contrast

Also called Antithesis. The bringing together of opposing views, words or characters to emphasize their difference and usually to highlight one of the opposing elements. In contrasting two characters, the author may be showing the goodness of one by emphasizing the evil of another; in contrasting two ideas, a writer may be attempting to show how the idea he or she opposes is not as worthy of consideration as the idea he or she expounds. One form of contrasts is juxtaposition in which the writer places two quite different things together. The way in which contrast is used will show what the author or writer intended. Look up Contrast in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Antithesis (Greek for setting opposite, from against + position) means a direct contrast or exact opposition to something. ...

E.g. Of all mad Creatures, if the Learn'd are right, It is the Slaver kills, and not the Bite.

Euphemism

An expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces. For example, the use of "to pass away" as opposed to "to die". A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. ...

Exaggeration

Exaggeration is the use of a strong overstatement. It may be used to create either a serious or comic effect. A single phrase containing an exaggeration is called hyperbole (also overstatement). Hype! is also the name of a documentary film about grunge music. ... Look up hyperbole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Example: Nobody walks anywhere in America nowadays. (From: 'A Sedentary Nation', p. 180, l.8)

Personification

Personification is ascribing human characteristics to animals, ideas, or inanimate objects. Phillipp Veitts Germania (1877) a personification of Germany. ...

Example: Fog crept softly into the streets.

Repetition

Repetition is the deliberate use of a word or phrase more than a once in a sentence or a text to create a sense of pattern or form or to emphasize certain elements in the mind of the reader or listener. Repetition is the occurrence of an event which has occurred before. ...

Example: Pile the bodies high [...] And pile them high [...] And pile them high [...]

Rhyme

The repetition of identical or similar sounds, usually at the end of words. A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry. ...

For example, in the following lines from a song by Mike Dasso, the last words of both lines rhyme with each other.:=) A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ...

Suit of armor, no coming back

Once so strong with relentless pact

Suit of armor now rust on the ground

Shattered dreams of all that was found

Simile

Comparing two or more unlike things using like, as, or as if. A simile is a figure of speech in which the subject is compared to another subject. ...

Example:Composing the heavens like a symphony.

Symbol

Something that stands for something other than itself.

Example:A heart standing for love.

External links

• (French)Lexique des figures de style de l'Office québécois de la langue française