Stylistic devices

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• Stylistic Techniques

1. Similes
   1. as cold as ice
   2. Between my finger and thumb The squat pen rests, snug as a gun.
2. Metaphors
   1. All the world's a stage.
   2. Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life
3. Parallelism
   1. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can for you - ask what you can do for your country
4. Irony
   1. I see you've dressed up for the occasion!
   2. Great friends, they turned out to be!
5. Alliteration

   Anmerkungen:

   • The waves washed wistfully over the shingle. Paypal The rifles rapid rattled.
   1. The waves washed wistfully over the shingle.
   2. the rifles rapid rattle
6. Personification

   Anmerkungen:

   • The trees shrieked angrily and lashed the air. Walls have ears. Death stalked the battlefield. The car coughed and spluttered.
7. Oxymoron
   1. a living death
   2. a gentle tyrant
8. Hyperbole
   1. It can take years to drive out of the city on match days!