22. Oxymoron

a) joins two synonyms into one syntagm;

b) joins two antonyms into one syntagm;

c) joins two phraseological meanings.

23. Chiasmus belongs to the group of stylistic devices based on

a) association;

b) the repetition of a syntactical pattern;

c) similarity.

24. He was interested in everybody. His mind was alert, and people asked him to dinner not for old times' sake but because he was worth his salt.

a) metonymy;

b) oxymoron;

c) metaphor.

25. He made his way through the perfume and conversation.

a) metonymy;

b) irony;

c) personification.

26. Stoney smiled the sweet smile of an alligator.

a) antonomasia;

b) irony;

c) epithet;

d) zeugma.

27. God, I cried buckets. I saw it ten times.

a) hyperbole;

b) oxymoron;

c) zeugma.

28. "Can you tell me what time that game starts today?" The girl gave him lipsticky smile.

a) metonymy;

b) epithet;

c) slang;

d) metaphor.

29. He... caught a ride home to the crowded loneliness of the barracks.

a) epithet;

b) oxymoron;

c) zeugma.

30. Mr. Stiggins ... took his hat and his leave.

a) pun;

b) zeugma;

c) oxymoron;

d) metonymy.

31. Up came the file and down sat the editor, Mr. Pickwick at his side

a) inversion;

b) parallelism;

c) ellipsis.

32. It was a mistake ... a blunder ... lunacy ...

a) ellipses;

b) climax;

c) pun.

33. Don't use big words. They mean so little.

a) antithesis;

b) irony;

c) pun;

d) similar.

34. His mind went round and round like a squirrel in a cage, going over the past.

a) irony;

b) metaphor;

c) similar;

d) metonymy.

35. Money burns a hole in my pocket.

a) metaphor;

b) metonymy;

c) personification.

36. The laugh in her eyes died out and was replaced by something else.

a) metaphor;

b) metonymy;

c) personification

37. The face of London was now strangely altered.

a) personification;

b) climax;

c) metaphor;

d) similar.

38. Mother nature always blushes before disrobing.

a) antonomasia;

b) personification;

c) epithet

39 The next speaker was a tall gloomy man, Sir Something Somebody.

a) antonomasia;

b) metonymy;

c) epithet;

d) pun.

40. In marriage the upkeep of woman is often the downfall of man.

a) metonymy;

b) antithesis;

c) pun;

d) repetition.

41. Gentleness in passion! What could have been more seductive to the scared, starved heart of that girl?

a) inversion;

b) rhetorical questions;

c) climax;

d) repetition.

42. What is it? Who is it? When was it? Where was it? How was it?

a) parallelism;

b) inversion;

c) climax;

d) repetition.

43. First the front, then the back, then the sides, then the superscription, then the seal, were objects of Newman's admiration.

a) polysyndeton;

b) asyndeton;

c) parallelism.

44. "Funny how ideas come", he said afterwards. "Like a flash of lightning".

a) similar;

b) inversion;

c) parallelism.

45. The clock had struck, time was bleeding away.

a) metaphor;

b) chiasmus;

c) hyperbole;

d) parallelism.

46. She has always been as live as a bird.

a) hyperbole;

b) similar;

c) epithet;

d) personification.

47. The sky was dark and gloomy, the air damp and raw, the streets wet and sloppy.

a) parallelism;

b) chiasmus;

c) polysyndeton;

d) asyndeton.

48. And the coach, and the coachman, and the horses, rattled, and jangled, and whipped, and cursed, and swore till they came to Golden Square.

a) polysyndeton;

b) asyndeton;

c) parallelism;

d) inversion.

49. He stood immovable like a rock in a torrent.

a) similar;

b) comparison;

c) irony;

d) hyperbole.

50. State the type of the archaism

If manners maketh man, then manner and grooming maketh poodle.

a) obsolescent words;

b) obsolete words;

c) historical words;

d) archaic proper.