Тема 6 Phraseology

In the sentence “the pennies were saved by bulldozing the grocer” we come across.

*Metonymy;

Metaphor;

Irony;

Ellipsis.

What does Lexicology describe?

*words, their origin, development;

Asyndeton;

Repetition;

Enumeration;

What style is… John's dear parent is going to his heavenly home…

*bookish;

literary colloquial;

informal colloquial;

Polysyndeton;

What style is… John's father is dying….

*literary colloquial;

bookish;

informal colloquial;

What style is… John's old fell on his way out…

Use of synonyms;

*informal colloquial;

literary colloquial;

What is a linguistic context?

*is the encirclement of a language unit by other language units in speech.

is the context of a single utterance (sentence);

is the context of a book chapter, a story or the whole book.;

is formed by extralingual con­ditions in which communication takes place;

Define the stylistic function “One doesn’t fail exams. One comes down, one muffs, one is ploughed, plucked or pipped”

Epithet

*euphemism

metaphor

litotes

Define the stylistic function “he wasn’t a thunderer”.

Simile

*metaphor

irony

euphemism

Define the stylistic function “his voice lost its aridity”.

irony

Epithet

*metaphor

Periphrasis

Define the stylistic function “he felt faint stirrings of curiosity”.

simile

*metaphor

epithet

personification

Define the stylistic function “the face of London”.

simile

*metaphor

epithet

personification

Define the stylistic function “she has merely broke a rigid and time-honored code”.

simile

*epithet

hyperbole

metaphor

Define the stylistic function “the evil assumption” .

Simile

*epithet

hyperbole

metaphor

Define the stylistic function “to burn with desire”.

*metaphor

Epithet

euphemism

periphrasis

Define the stylistic function “the legs of the table”

simile

*metaphor

epithet

personification

Define the stylistic function “A wave of panic surged up in Walter Streeter”

*metaphor

antonomasia

personification

litotes

Define the stylistic function “A wave of panic surged up in Walter Streeter”

*metaphor

antonomasia

personification

litotes

What is the Rhythm?

is a stylistically motivated repetition of consonants.

is the art of selecting and combining sounds in order to make utterances expressive and melodic.;

*is a recurring stress pattern in poetry.;

is the accord of syllables in words;

What is the Rhyme ?

*is the accord of syllables in words;

is a stylistically motivated repetition of consonants.

is the art of selecting and combining sounds in order to make utterances expressive and melodic.;

is a recurring stress pattern in poetry.;

The majority of English words are…

vocabulary;

Word-group;

*Neutral words;

Sentence;

Lexicology studies the development of the vocabulary, the origin of words and word-groups, and their semantic relations.

*Historicals;

Descriptive;

Grammatical;

Phonetic;

The weather … quite warm though it’s only 5C above zero.

Look

seem

looks

*seems

The teacher tried to explain the rule in a … way and I understood it at once.

Another

*different

differently

other

A small stream…along the road.

Stretch

run

stretches

*ran

These steppes …to the South for miles and miles.

*stretch

run

ran

runs

The path …across the field for a mile and then was lost in the forest.

Stretch

run

*ran

stretched

No matter how hard I looked I saw only a vast plain …before me.

*stretched

ran

run

runs

The ugly scar …right across the man’s left cheek.

Stretched

ran

run

*runs

For how many kilometers does this forest …?

*stretch

stretches

run

runs

I like to sleep on a camp-bed, I find it very ….

*comfortable

convenient

convenience

comfort

I believe Friday the only … day for our meeting, we have only four lectures on that day.

comfortable

*convenient

convenience

comfort

The two streams… at the foot of the mountain.

*join

joins

unite

united

….we stand, divided we fall.

*United

Unite

Join

Joined

One by one the children …in the game.

*joined

join

united

unite

All peace loving people should…in their struggle against a new war.

Joined

join

united

*unite

Won’t you …me in a walk?

Joined

*join

united

unite

I decided to break with him after he had ….to help me when I was in great need of help.

Refuse

*refused

give up

gave up

If she asked me for any favour I’ll never … her.

*refuse

refused

give up

gave up

If I were you I wouldn’t …my plan so easily.

*refuse

refused

give up

gave up

….your doctor, I don’t allow you to get up for some more days.

Look like

Like

Likes

*As

I was … by his sudden death.

Surprised

astonished

*struck

puzzled

We were …by the contrasts between wealth and poverty in Delhi.

Surprised

*astonished

struck

puzzled

His question ...me. I didn’t know how to answer it.

Surprised

astonished

strike

*puzzled

I was … to meet him in town, I was sure he had not come back yet.

*surprised

astonished

struck

puzzled

His cruelty …us. We always thought that be was kind and sympathetic.

Surprise

astonish

*struck

puzzle

Pick up the … of the broken cup and throw them out.

Piece

lump

slice

*pieces

Give me a … of paper. I’ll show you how to make a boat for the child.

*piece

lump

slice

slices

I’d like to take one more… of cake. May I?

*piece

lump

slice

lumps

I never put more than two … of sugar into my tea.

Piece

lump

slices

*lumps

I need a short … of spring to tie the parcel with.

*piece

lump

slice

slices

I’d like to have a… of lemon with my tea.

Piece

lump

*slice

lumps

Russia has a …climate because of its vast territory.

Different

various

*varied

vary

This good wheat land is quite … from those being cultivated in northern regions.

*different

various

varied

vary

He has been to …. places of the extreme North.

Different

*various

varied

vary

A home in the country is very … from an apartment in the city.

*different

various

varied

vary

Write English equivalents of the following word: «зробити вибір»

*to make a choice;

to have a choice;

to take a chance;

to have no choice.

Write English equivalents of the following word: «цікавитися чимось»

to cope with something;

to be devoted to smth. or smb.;

*to be interested in;

to go in for smth.

Write English equivalents of the following word: «випадково зустрітися»

to be run over;

*to run into smb.;

to run into smth.;

to shout smth. down.

Write English equivalents of the following word: «озиратися по сторонам»

*to look about;

to look for;

to look through;

to look forward to.

Write the antonym of the word “comfort n”:

convenience;

inconvenience;

*Discomfort;

advantage.

Write the antonym of the word “different adj”:

*alike;

other;

another;

various.

Write the antonym of the word “painful adj”:

*painless;

unhealthy;

sick;

diseased.

Write the antonym of the word “foot n”:

*top;

leg;

hoof:

mouth.

Write the antonym of the word “vacant adj”:

free;

shallow;

*engaged;

spare.

Write the antonym of the word “to obey v”:

to conform;

*to disobey;

to surrender;

to follow one’s advice.

Write the antonym of the word “light n”:

*darkness;

sunlight;

brightness;

starlit.

The synonym of the words ‘Your health!’ is …

Cheerio!

*Cheers!

Cheer up!

Come on!

Stylistic devices include…

Syntactical devices

Lexical devices

Choice of words and sentence patters

*All of them

Choose the odd word:

Repetition

anaphora

epiphora

*Metaphor

Choose the odd word:

Epithet

*Comparison

Simile

Irony