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Test No 1: Stylistic Semasiology

1. Stylistic semasiology deals with

shifts of meanings and their stylistic functions;

stylistic functions of shifts of meanings and combinations of meanings;

c)       shifts of meanings and combinations of meanings.

2.    Figures of replacement fall into the following groups:

figures of quantity and figures of quality;

figures of quantity, figures of quality and irony;

figures of similarity, figures of inequality and figures of contrast.

3. Periphrasis is based upon

a) transfer by similarity;

b)transfer by contiguity;

c) transfer by contrast.

4. Epithet belongs to

a) the metonymic group;

b)the metaphorical group;

c) the ironic group.

5. Synonyms of variation are used

a) to characterize the object spoken about precisely;

b)to produce humorous effect;

c) to make the speech less monotonous.

6. In the sentence «The pennies were saved by bulldozing the grocer» we come across

a) metonymy;

b)metaphor;

c) irony.

7. The sentence «The magi were wise men - wonderfully wise men» contains

a) an epithet;

b)an antithesis;

c) a gradation.

8. In the sentence «Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at 11 и scent of quail» the simile is used

a) to impart expressiveness to the utterance;

b)to produce humorous effect;

c) to enable the reader to visualize the scene completely.

 

9. The phrase «She craved and yearned over them» contains

a) synonyms of precision;

b)synonyms of variation;

c)  a metaphor.

10. Indicate the sentence which constitutes a simile:

a) «She writes novels as Agatha Cristie»;

b)«She is as talkative as a parrot»;

c) «She sings like Madonna».

Test No 2: Stylistic Lexicology

1.Archaisms may be used in a literary text

a) to show that the speaker is attached to usage of unusual words;

b) to create the historic atmosphere;

c) to produce humorous effect.

2.Terms belong to

a) super-neutral vocabulary;

b) the bulk of neutral words;

c) sub-neutral vocabulary.

3.    If bookish words are used in the colloquial context

a) they elevate the speech;

b)they produce humorous effect;

c) they characterize the speaker as a well-educated person.

4. The sentence «Philoprogenitiveness, says we, is strong in semi-rural communities...» contains

a) an archaic word;

b) an archaic word and the collocation typical of the uncultivated speech;

c) a bookish word and the collocation typical of the uncultivated speech.

5. Poetic words are used in poetic diction

a) due to the poetic tradition only;

b)to create the romantic atmosphere;

c) to produce the effect of elevation;

d)to comply with the poetic tradition and to create romantic atmosphere.

6. Jargon words are used within a certain professional group

a) to facilitate the communication;

b)to show that the speaker also belongs to this group;

c) to stress the informal character of communication.

7. Jargon words and slang words

a) are characterized by the same degree of degradation;

b)differ in their degree of degradation.

8. Slang is used

a) to show that the speaker shares the same ideas as are possessed by his communicants;

b)to make speech more expressive;

c) to produce humorous effect.

9. In the sentence «Ain't it awful, Sam?» the underlined word is used

a) for the sake of characterization;

b)to produce humorous effect;

c) to make speech expressive.

10.Vulgar words are subdivided into

a) lexical vulgarisms and semantic vulgarisms; •

b) lexical vulgarisms and stylistic vulgarisms;

c) semantic vulgarisms and stylistic vulgarisms.

Test No 3: Stylistic Syntax

1. Elliptical sentences and nominative sentences

a) perform the same functions;

b) perform different functions.

2.    Asyndeton is used

a) to accelerate the tempo of the speech;

b)to characterize the emotional state of the speaker;

c) to impart expressiveness to the speech.

3.    Aposiopesis is

a) a case when the speaker does not bring the utterance up to the end being overwhelmed by emotions;

b) a deliberate abstention from bringing the utterance up to the end;

c) a case when the speaker does not want to finish the sentence or cannot finish the sentence being overwhelmed by emotions.

4.    Anadiplosis is based

a) upon the absence of the indispensable elements in the sentence;

b)upon the interaction of syntactical structures;

c) upon the excessive use of syntactical elements.

5.    Prolepsis is used by characters of literary works

a) to make speech more expressive;

b)to emphasize the subject of speech;

c) to make the speech sound less formal.

6.    In case of inversion the emphasized element occupies

a) the initial position;

b)the final position instead of the initial position;

c) either initial position or final position instead of the initial position.

7.    Parallelism is used

a) to make the recurring parts more conspicuous than their surroundings;

b) to make the speech expressive.

8.    Anaphora is used

a) to express the speaker's attitude toward the object of speech;

b)to imprint the elements repeated in the reader's mind;

c) to create poetic atmosphere.

9.    The syntactical device used to reproduce two parallel lines of thought is termed

a) detachment;

b)parenthesis.

10. The sentence «You don't know what a nice - a beautiful, nice - gift I've got to you» contains

a) repetition;

b)detachment;

c) repetition in the form of detachment.