stacy

  Stylistic devices in the novel  1. Irony She treats me like a visitor,’ thought I. ‘I little expected such a reception; I anticipated only coldness and stiffness: this is not like what I have heard of the treatment of governesses; but I must not exult too soon.’  2. Epithet "Some people call him a fine-looking young man; but he has such thick lips." 3. Simile  Mary was too slim for her height, but Blanche was moulded like a Dian. 4. Metaphor Jane says that she wanted to "arrange every chair and table with mathematical precision"  I   felt   ready   to   perish   with   cold . 5.  Onomatopoeia A change had taken place in the weather the preceding evening, and a keen north-east wind, whistling through the crevices of our bedroom windows all night long 6. Hyperbole How small my portion seemed! I wished it had been doubled.