Principles of Composition. Purdue University's Online Writing Lab - The OWL Family of Sites. Student Materials: Persuasion Map. KnightCite Citation Service. Stylistic Devices (Rhetorical Devices, Figures of Speech) On the following pages, we will explain some of the most important stylistic devices (also called rhetorical devices or figures of speech) – they are not only useful for analysing texts, but also for creating your own texts.
Stylistic devices make your speeches, essays etc. more interesting and lively and help you to get and keep your reader’s / listener’s attention. Stylistic Devices. English Homonyms. English Homonyms The following is a list of English homonyms.
A homonym is a pair, sometimes a triplet, of words that have different spellings and the same pronunciation. Homonyms marked with an asterisk (*) are in dispute (see the bottom of the page). Figures of repetition.