Stilmittel

metaphor

The sun, a red medal of gold, took its course in the sky

personification

England is the mother of parliament

simile, comparison

Like a cloud of fire

hint:

like

as

than

symbol

a skull

accumulation

She is a sweet, charming, loveable lady.

alliteration

wasted in the winter wind

anaphora

Art is a system … / Art is a form … / Art is a promise …

(Same beginning of a Sentence)

repetition

Oh mother! What is bliss? Oh mother! What is hell?

allusion

When he met her, he met his waterloo

(Waterloo- Napoleon, ABBA)

ambiguty

The soup is very hot!

(hot - hot; spicy- hot)

ellipsis

What do you expect from it?

Not much.

(Not so much.)

euphemism

He passed away yesterday.

(Statt: He died yesterday)

hyperbole, exaggeration

Millions of people where gathered in the hall.

pun

John Donne, Anne Donne, Undone

rhetorical question

Do Jewish not bleed?

hypotaxis

I went to the story because I needed milk.

If they don’t come, I will be ruined.

inversion

When he met her, he met his waterloo.

parallelism

If you stay, we’ll be happy. If you leave, we won’t hold you back.

parataxis

She opened the door, she stepped inside, she looked around and screamed

climax

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight.

anticlimax

For our world, for our country, for our next meeting.

antithesis

They promised freedom and provided slavery

paradox / paradoxon

Cowards die many times before their deaths

oxymoron

The loud silence.

irony

That was an awsome day!

enumeration

For my recipe I brought salt, pepper, sugar, flour and baking soda.

qoutations

direct

indirect speech

dialogue

detailed description

facts and figures

choice of words