STYLISTIC DEVICES AND EXPRESSIVE MEANS IN ENGLISH PROVERBS
The article deals with the use of stylistic devices and expressive means in the English proverbs relating to the material sphere of people’s life. The authors analyze the tropes and other means of expression that make the proverbs euphonic, didactic, easy to remember. They draw the conclusion that the most widelyused stylistic device is metaphor, yet, the other figures of speech also contribute to the proverbs being a treasure of people’s wisdom. These features of the proverbs make them useful as learning material in the course of Stylistics and English for Special Purposes.