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1. “ Her mother is perfectly unbearable. Never met such a Gorgon (O.W.)." is an example of
*antonomasia
*zeugma
*pun
*Epithet
2. “"Eliza: you are an idiot, waste the treasures of my Miltonic mind by spreading them before you (B.SH.).” is an example of
*oxymoron
*epithet
*simile
*Allusion
3. “He loved the afterswim salt-and-sunshine smell of her hair. (Jn.B.)” is an example of
*epithet
*metonymy
*metaphor
*Onomatopoeia
4. “He's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-nosed peacock (D.)" is an example of
*zeugma
*epithet
*metaphor
*Metonymy
5. “Her family is one aunt about a thousand years old (Sc.F.)” is an example of
*hyperbole
*epithet
*simile
*Metaphor
6. “I am thinking an unmentionable thing about your mother. (I.Sh.)” is an example of
*zeugma
*periphrasis
*graphon
*Anaphora
7. “I do not consult physicians, for I hope to die without their help. (W.T.)” is an example of
*inversion
*repetition
*pun
* Irony
8. “Mr. Stiggins… took his hat and his leave” is the example of
*pun
*metaphor
*zeugma
*Antonomasia
9. “Of course it is important. Incredibly, urgently, desperately important (D.Sayers).” is an example of
*chiasmus
*detachment
*parallel constructions
*climax
10. “She was crazy about you. In the beginning. (R. W.) ” is an example of
*inversion
* detachment
*parallel constructions
*chiasmus
11. “Some people have much to live on, and little to live for (O.Wilde).” is an example of
*litotes
*metonymy
* antithesis
*Understatement
12. “Streaked by a quarter moon, the Mediterranean shushed gently into the beach (I.Sh).” is an example of:
*onomatopoeia
*metaphor
*assonance
*Alliteration
13. “The girls were dressed to kill (J.Br.)" is an example of
*irony
*epithet
*simile
* Hyperbole
14. “There comes a period in every man's life, but she is just a semicolon in his.” is an example of
*metonymy
*onomatopoeia
*metaphor
*Pun
15. “There were some bookcases of superbly unreadable books (E.W.)." is an example of
* oxymoron
*epithet
*hyperbole
*Irony
16. “You have nobody to blame but yourself. The saddest words of tongue or pen.” is an example of
*litotes
* metonymy
*alliteration
*Understatement
17. A recognized term for a group of words with entirely new meanings imposed on them existing in almost every language, whose aim is to preserve secrecy within one or another social group is
* jargonisms
*barbarisms
*vulgarism
*Professionalisms
18. Archaism proper are...
*archaic words with the fixed sphere of usage in poetry and elevated prose and with the function of imbuing the work of art with a lofty poetic colouring
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
*antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
*barbarisms and foreign words
19. Archaisms are…
*words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
*barbarisms and foreign words
*words, used by limited groups of people
20. At the lexical level stylistics studies
*a set of morphological, syntactical, transpositional representations
*tropes
*graphical shapes of texts
*hierarchical system of sounds, words and clauses
21. Brief news items (newspaper style) are characterized by
* terms (political or economic)
*emotional colouring
*the use of the first person singular
*obsolete words
22. Dialectal words are:
* normative and devoid of any stylistic meaning in regional dialects, but used outside of them, carry a strong flavour of the locality where they belong
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
*words, used by most speakers in very informal communication, highly emotive and expressive
*words, used by limited groups of people
23. Expressive means are ...
*abstract in nature
*fixed in dictionaries and grammars
* abstract in nature but fixed in dictionaries
*used in everyday speech
24. Galperin’s classification of functional styles embraces
*6 groups
*7 groups
* 5 groups
*3 groups
25. In Great Britain four major dialects are…
*New England, Southern, Northern and Midwestern
*Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western
* Lowland Scotch. Northern, Midland (Central) and Southern
*Highland. Northern, Southern and Western
26. In the USA the dialectal varieties are…
* New England, Southern and Midwestern (Central, Midland)
*Northern and Southern
*Northern, Southern and Western
*Northern, Southern and Eastern
27. Intentional violation of the graphical shape of a word (or word combination) used to reflect its authentic pronunciation is true for:
*assonance
* graphon
*onomatopoeia
*Alliteration
28. Jargonisms are:
*words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
* words, used by most speakers in very informal communication, highly emotive and expressive
29. Lexical stylistic devices are...
*based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
*based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings regardless of their semantics
*based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings accompanied by fixed syntactical organization of employed lexical units
*based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of the language
30. Literary words can be found in
* in authorial speech, descriptions, considerations
*in the types of discourse, simulating (copying) everyday oral communication
*in the dialogue (or interior monologue) of a prose work
*in streets and homes
31. Morphological or partial archaisms are
*antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
*archaic words with the fixed sphere of usage in poetry and elevated prose and with the function of *imbuing the work of art with a lofty poetic colouring
* archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
*barbarisms and foreign words
32. Most lexical stylistic devices are based on … .
*a sound arrangement or stress or intonation which impart the utterance additional shades of meaning
* the principles of similarity of objects, their contrast or proximity
*peculiarities of the literary layer of a language
*interaction of the reader and the writer
33. Obsolete words are the words which:
*have already gone completely out of use but are still recognized by the English-speaking community
*are no longer recognizable in modern English or have become unrecognizable
*are in the beginning of the aging process when the word becomes rarely used
*are generally defined as "a new word or a new meaning for an established word"
34. One of the branches of stylistics is termed
 *decoding
*contextual
*literary
*structural
35. Poetic and highly literary words belong to…layer
*neutral
*both neutral and literary
* literary
*both colloquial and literary
36. Poetic words are...
*antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
*archaic words with the fixed sphere of usage in poetry and elevated prose and with the function of imbuing the work of art with a lofty poetic colouring
*archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
37. Professionalisms are:
*words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
*words, used by most speakers in very informal communication, highly emotive and expressive
* words, used by limited groups of people, united by some kind of production activity or specialty
38. Slang is…
*words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
* words, used by most speakers in very informal communication, highly emotive and expressive
*words, used by limited groups of people
39. Special literary words are constituted by
* terms and archaisms
*slang and jargonisms
*professionalisms and jargons
*dialectisms and foreignisms
40. Stanza rhyme is an example of
* phonetical EM
*morphological EM
*lexical EM
*syntactical EM
41. Syntactical stylistic devices are...
*based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
*based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings regardless of their semantics
*based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings accompanied by fixed syntactical organization of employed lexical units
*based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of the language
42. Terms are…
*words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
*archaic words with the fixed sphere of usage in poetry and elevated prose and with the function of imbuing the work of art with a lofty poetic colouring
*archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
43. The actual situation of the communication has evolved … varieties of the language
*monological and dialogical
*gestures and body
*spoken and written
*syntactical and lexical
44. The aim of the style of official documents is
*to disclose the laws of development and relations between different phenomena
* to reach agreement between two contacting parties
*to comment on certain political, cultural, economic events
*to call aesthetic feelings of pleasure and promote cognitive process
45. The belles-lettres functional style includes
*the editorials
*the language of essays
*the language of emotive prose
*the language of official letters
46. The belles-lettres style rests on
*trite imagery
*brevity of expression
*genuine imagery
*neutral vocabulary
47. The biggest division of vocabulary is made up of
*literary words
*colloquial words
* neutral words
*historical words
*poetic words
48. The definition "these are expletives and swear words which are of an abusive character, obscene word like "damn", "bloody" etc" is appropriate for
*jargon words
*colloquial coinages
*barbarisms
*vulgar words
49. The function of the scientific prose style is
*to convince the receiver of information that the interpretation given by the author is the only correct one
*to call aesthetic feelings of pleasure and promote cognitive process
*to give logical progress of some idea
*to inform
50. The imagery of emotive prose is
*as rich as it is in poetry
*as rich as it is in drama
*not as rich as it is in poetry
*not identified
51. The main function of the literary language is
*aesthetic
*volitional
*communicative-intellectual
*accumulative
52. The main source of synonymy and polysemy are considered to be
*colloquial words
*neutral words
*literary words
*neutral, literary and colloquial words
53. The object of stylistics is…
*the semantic structure of the word and the interrelation (or interplay) of the connotative and denotative meanings of the word
*hierarchical system of sounds, words and clauses
* specific features of a text type or of a specific text
*the stylistic function of the vocabulary
54. The publicistic functional style includes
*the language of scientific prose
*the language of poetry
*the language of essays
* the language of advertisements and announcements
55. The sphere of application of the belles-letters style is
*mass media restricted by press
*fiction
*mass media
*oratory speeches
56. The sphere of application of the publicist style is
* speeches, essays, articles
*mass media restricted by press
*jurisdiction, business
*official requests, letters, documents
57. The style of official documents is characterized by the use of
*words in their logical dictionary meaning
*words in their logical contextual meaning
*emotiveness
*connotational component of the meaning
58. The word-stock of any given language can be roughly divided into
* literary, neutral and colloquial vocabulary
*literary and colloquial vocabulary
*neutral and colloquial vocabulary
*neutral, poetic, literary and colloquial
59. The words of foreign origin which have not been entirely been assimilated into the English language are…
*dialectal words
*vulgarisms
*barbarisms and foreignism
*archaic, obsolescent and obsolete words
60. Vulgarisms are:
* coarse words with a strong emotive meaning, mostly derogatory, normally avoided in polite conversation
*words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique
*words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
*words, used by most speakers in very informal communication, highly emotive and expressive