Author: Jochen Lüders. Source: www.jochenenglish.de, 2013. — 2 p.
A brief glossary of terms denoting principal stylistic devices,
grouped by type and illustrated with examples. Language is English,
with German equivalents provided for the glossed terms.
Pronunciation of the English terms is given in IPA symbols.
Index of terms glossed:
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Synecdoche
Symbol
Sound
Alliteration
Metre
Iambic metre
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Structure
Anaphora
Parallelism
Triple
Climax
Anticlimax
Enumeration
Miscellaneous
Allusion
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Understatement
Irony
Satire
Paradox
Oxymoron
Pun
Rhetorical question
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Synecdoche
Symbol
Sound
Alliteration
Metre
Iambic metre
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Structure
Anaphora
Parallelism
Triple
Climax
Anticlimax
Enumeration
Miscellaneous
Allusion
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Understatement
Irony
Satire
Paradox
Oxymoron
Pun
Rhetorical question