Wakokin Hausa suna amfani da salailai (literary devices/techniques) daban-daban don kara wa wakar dadi da tasiri. Daga cikin manyan salailai akwai:
Maimaitawa (repetition) - maimaita kalmomi, jimloli, ko layi don karfafa ma'ana da sauti.
Tunanin zuciya (imagery) - amfani da kalmomi don zana hoto a cikin tunanin mai saurare.
Aunar magana (rhyme/meter) - daidaita sauti a karshen layuka.
Washe-washe (sarcasm/satire) - yi wa wani ba'a ko zargi ta hanyar ban dariya.
Salon da ya fi yawa a cikin wakokin Hausa shi ne maimaitawa. Maimaitawa ita ce ginshikin wakokin Hausa na gargajiya da na zamani. Mawaka kan maimaita amshi (chorus/refrain), jimloli, ko kalmomi don:
karfafa sakon wakar;
sa masu saurare su haddace kuma su rera tare;
kara kidan (rhythm) da dadin sauraren wakar.
Wannan shi ya sa maimaitawa ita ce salon da ya fi shahara kuma ya fi yawa a cikin wakokin Hausa.