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There are the following lexical stylistic devices in English: metaphor, metonymy, allusion, irony, zeugma and pun, epithet, oxymoron, repetition, antonomasia, simile, hyperbole, periphrasis, cliches, proverbs, epigram, quotations.
The following lexical stylistic devices are frequently used by Oscar Wilde in his literary work “The Picture of Dorian Grey”: satire, metaphor, aphorism, symbolism, irony, hyperbole, allusion and many others. They are analyzed in detail in this chapter. The mentioned stylistic devices help Oscar Wilde express his opinions and keep the reader from becoming bored. They also help with Wilde’s characterization. These literary elements contribute a great deal and are worth examining in further detail.