The article is devoted to the linguistic analysis of contrasts in selected works by V. Tokareva. The theory of contrasts is based on the theory of antonymy with its initial concept of contrast. A characterization of the linguistic and contextual antonyms in the writer’s works is carried out, as well as an analysis of the stylistic figures based on the opposition – antithesis, diathesis, acrothesis, amphithesis, oxymoron and gradation. The role and significance of given stylistic figures as an expressive means of an individual-author’s style is presented.