Familiar devices (6)
I believe the answer is:
tropes
(Other definitions for tropes that I've seen before include "Figures of speech - pest or what?" , "Figures of speech, figurative usages of words" , "Poster for figures of speech" .)
I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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