1_Stylistic devices

1_Stylistic devices

1. Similes

   • as cold as ice
   • Between my finger and thumb The squat pen rests, snug as a gun.

2. Metaphors

   • All the world's a stage.
   • Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life

3. Parallelism

   • And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can for you - ask what you can do for your country

4. Irony

   • I see you've dressed up for the occasion!
   • Great friends, they turned out to be!

5. Alliteration

   • The waves washed wistfully over the shingle. Paypal The rifles rapid rattled.
   • The waves washed wistfully over the shingle.
   • the rifles rapid rattle

6. Personification

   • The trees shrieked angrily and lashed the air. Walls have ears. Death stalked the battlefield. The car coughed and spluttered.

7. Oxymoron

   • a living death
   • a gentle tyrant

8. Hyperbole

   • It can take years to drive out of the city on match days!

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