Stylistic Semasiology

1. Decide what EM of semasiology the following example contains:

e.g. The whole town was full of oil..

1. meiosis;

2. hyperbole;

3. litotes;

4. metaphor.

2. Decide what SD of semasiology the following examples contain:

e.g. loving hate, horribly beautiful.

1. oxymoron;

2. antithesis;

3. simile;

4. gradation.

3. Decide what SD of semasiology the following example contains:

e.g. Favoured country - they let the paupers go to sleep!

1. anticlimax;

2. irony;

3. oxymoron;

4. gradation (climax).

4. Choose 3 figures of quality from the list of the following notions: hyperbole, metonymy, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, meiosis, litotes, allegory, irony, metaphor.

5. Decide which notions belong to the figures of quantity:

1. metonymy, synecdoche, periphrasis, euphemism, metaphor, antonomasia, personification, allegory,irony;

2. simile, synonyms-substitutors, synonyms-verifiers;

3. antithesis, oxymoron;

4. hyperbole, meiosis, litotes.

6. Decide which notions belong to the figures of equality (identity):

1. hyperbole, meiosis, litotes;

2. metonymy, synecdoche, periphrasis, euphemism, metaphor, antonomasia, personification, allegory,irony;

3. simile, synonyms-substitutors, synonyms-verifiers;

4. antithesis, oxymoron.

7. Decide which notions belong to the figures of opposition:

1. gradation, anticlimax, zeugma;

2. metonymy, synecdoche, periphrasis, euphemism, metaphor, antonomasia, personification, allegory,irony;

3. simile, synonyms-substitutors, synonyms-verifiers;

4. antithesis, oxymoron.

8. Attribute properly the following notion with its definition: figures of identity

1. correlations of semantically different lexical units;

2. correlations of semantically identical lexical units;

3. correlations of semantically opposite antonymic lexical units;

4. figures based on comparison of two different subjects (phenomena) or their qualities according to their mutual quantitative criterion.

9. Attribute properly the following notion with its definition: figures of quantity

1. correlations of semantically different lexical units;

2. correlations of semantically identical lexical units;

3. correlations of semantically opposite antonymic lexical units;

4. figures based on comparison of two different subjects (phenomena) or their qualities according to their mutual quantitative criterion.

10. Attribute properly the following notion with its definition: figures of unequality

1. correlations of semantically different lexical units;

2. correlations of semantically identical lexical units;

3. correlations of semantically opposite antonymic lexical units;

4. figures based on comparison of two different subjects (phenomena) or their qualities according to their mutual quantitative criterion.

Functional Styles

1. Attribute properly the given notion to its definition: belles-lettres style

1. a system of interrelated language means which serves a definite aim in communication;

2. the style of imaginative literature whose unique task is to impress the reader authentically;

3. the style is characterized by explicit pragmatic function of persuasion directed at influencing the reader and shaping his views, in accordance with the argumentation of the author;

4. the style of informative materials, characteristic of newspaper only and not found in other publications.

2. Attribute properly the given notion to its definition: the functional style

1. a system of interrelated language means which serves a definite aim in communication;

2. the style of imaginative literature whose unique task is to impress the reader authentically;

3. the style is characterized by explicit pragmatic function of persuasion directed at influencing the reader and shaping his views, in accordance with the argumentation of the author;

4. the style of informative materials, characteristic of newspaper only and not found in other publications.

3. Name the author of the following classification of functional styles:

1. The Belles-Lettres Style;

2. Publicistic Style;

3. Newspaper Style;

4. Scientific Prose Style;

5. The Style of official Documents.