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
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