The article analyzes the classification of lexical expressive means and stylistic devices in contemporary linguistics. It distinguishes between expressive means as language units with inherent emotive or evaluative potential and stylistic devices as contextually motivated techniques that create additional semantic or pragmatic effects. The study outlines major lexical types, including metaphor, metonymy, epithet, irony, hyperbole, and antonomasia, and examines their functions in shaping imagery and enhancing communicative impact.