Lexical Stylistic Devices

Epithet
1. I said it in London, Watson, and I say it now, that never yet have we helped to hunt down more dangerous man than he who is lying yonder’ – he swept his long arm towards the huge mottled expanse of green-splotched bog which stretched away until it merged into the russet slope of the moor. [1: 163]
2. I felt all cracked out, with weird, electrical buzzing sensations pulsing in my arms. [3: 79]

Hyperbole
1. People all over America go around chugging down Big, Bigger, Giant, Swimming-Pool-Sized sodas every day, all day long. [2: 136]
2. But if clearing rights in the Bridgeport world costs a fortune, production becomes that much more expensive, and innovative music that much riskier a bet. [2: 99]…