Тести зі стилістики.

1. The disyllabic foot in which the stress is upon the second syllable is called

a) trochee;

b) amphibrach ;

c) iambus.

2. Metonymy is based on

1. similarity; b) contiguity; c) contrast.

3. Assonance is the repetition of

a) the same stressed vowel;

b) the same unstressed vowel;

c) the same consonant.

4. Slang words belong to the bulk of

a) neutral words ;

b) common colloquial words;

c) special colloquial words.

5. Rearranging questions in the direct word order is called

a) secondary inversion ;

b) partial inversion ;

c) complete inversion .

6. Fill in the gap:________ is the sequence of ideas where the weakest element is added to one or several strong ones and thus receives prominence due to an interruption in the pattern of predictability.

a) Climax;

b) Anticlimax;

c) Enumeration.

7. Asyndeton is

a) the deliberate omission of the pronominal connective creating a blend of the main and the subordinate clauses;

b) the deliberate omission of the connective where it is generally expected to be according to the norms of the literary language;

c) the repeated use of conjunctions.

8. A stressed vowel is followed by the same sounds in

a) assonance;

b) perfect rhyme;

c) alliteration.

9. Anaphora is

a) the repetition of the same word or words at the end of two or more successive clauses or sentences;

b) the repetition of the same unit both at the beginning and at the end of the utterance;

c) the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences.

10. The three-syllabic foot in which the stress is upon the second syllable is called

a) anapest;

b) dactyl;

c) amphibrach.

11. Graphon is used to reflect a) the authentic pronunciation of words; b) to imitate sounds produced in nature; c) to achieve a melodic and rhythmic effect.

12. Fill in the gap: ______is used to create the second plane, or background, to the narrative, to reproduce two parallel lines of thought.

a) Detachment;

b) Parenthesis;

c) Syntactic tautology.

13. Fill in the gap: _______ is a combination of sounds the aim of which is to make the sound of the utterance an echo of its sense.

a) Indirect onomatopoeia;

b) Alliteration;

c) Direct onomatopoeia.

14. If we can indicate the exact word in whose meaning there is contradiction between the said and the implied, this type of irony is called

a) stylistic irony;

b) verbal irony;

c) sustained irony.

15. Meiosis is

1. overstatement;

2. understatement;

3. play on words.

16. Intentional treating idioms as if they were word combinations (or single words) used in their primary sense results in the formation of

a) zeugma;

b) pun;

c) anticlimax.

17. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used instead of another to suggest likeness or analogy between them is called:

1. metonymy;

2. epithet;

3. metaphor.

18. Fill in the gap: ______ is the repetition of the general scheme of a sentence, by means of the pronominal subject and an auxiliary or modal verb, representing the predicate of the main sentence.

a) Syntactic tautology;

b) Emphatic construction;

c) Catch repetition.

19. Belles-lettres style is known for

a) its precision and logical cohesion;

b) its imagery;

c) absence of ambiguity.

20. Fill in the gap:_________ is a confrontation of two separate phrases (sentences or even paragraphs) of opposite meaning.

a) Oxymoron;

b) Antithesis;

c) Anticlimax.

21. The stylistic device based on peculiar use of negative constructions is called

a) chiasmus;

b) meiosis;

c) litotes.

22. “Aesthetical-cognitive” function distinguishes

a) Belles-Lettres style;

2. Publicistic style;

c) Scientific style.

23. Archaisms are included into the group of

a) neutral words;

b) elevated (literary) words;

c) degraded (colloquial) words.

24. The stylistic device which is often used in fables and parables for didactic purposes is called

a) metaphor;

b) periphrasis;

c) allegory.

25. Parenthesis is based on

1. redundancy of syntactical elements;

2. the absence of elements which are obligatory in a neutral construction;

3. change of fixed word order.

26. A milder word replacing another word which is obscene, profane or having unpleasant associations is

a) a periphrasis;

b) euphemism;

c) metonymy.

27. Colloquialisms are

1. avoided in polite conversation;

2. limited to a highly informal communication;

3. not used in formal speech though they have a slight tinge of informality or familiarity about them.

28. Fill in the gap: ______ denotes such an arrangement of notions expressed by words, word combinations or sentences in which what precedes is less significant than what follows.

a) Anticlimax;

b) Climax;

c) Chiasmus.

29. The main function of publicistic style is

a) to convey logical intellectual information;

b) to inform and instruct the reader;

c) to influence the reader and to shape his views in accordance with the argumentation of the author.

30. An attributive or an adverbial combination of two contradictory words is called

a) antithesis;

b) zeugma;

c) oxymoron.

31. The stylistic device which is based on the relation between the part and the whole is called

1. synecdoche;

2. personification;

3. irony.

32. Objectivity, impartiality in rendering facts or events, “inverted pyramid” structure - these are the peculiar features of

a) Newspaper style;

b) Scientific style;

c) The Style of Official Documents.

33. The use of impersonal passive constructions is typical of

1. Belles-Lettres style;

2. Publicistic style;

3. Scientific style.

34. If a secondary part of the sentence is torn away from the word it refers to and gains some sort of independence and greater degree of significance, it is a

a) detachment;

b) syntactic tautology;

c) parenthesis.

35. The reiteration of the final unit of one utterance at the beginning of the next utterance is

a) aposiopesis;

b) anadiplosis;

c) anaphora.

36. If poetic or archaic words are used in the colloquial context,

a) they elevate the speech ;

b) they produce humorous effect;

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

37. The stylistic device that shows likeness of two objects, belonging to two different classes is

a) an imaginative comparison;

b) a logical comparison;

c) epithet.

38. Words (belonging to elevated (literary) stratum) which denote objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique are

a) terms;

b) professionalisms;

c) barbarisms.

39. A combination of speech sounds which aims at imitating sounds produced in nature, by people, things or animals is called

1. onomatopoeia;

2. alliteration;

3. assonance.

40. A stylistic device which is not based on the contrast between two notions

a) irony;

b) antithesis;

c) metaphor.