ОТВЕТЫ Стилистика - тест СИНЕРГИЯ, МТИ, МОИ

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Вопросы:
“"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

“He loved the afterswim salt-and-sunshine smell of her hair. (Jn.B.)” is an example of
epithet
metonymy
metaphor
Onomatopoeia

“Her mother is perfectly unbearable. Never met such a Gorgon (O.W.)." is an example of
antonomasia
zeugma
pun
Epithet

“The girls were dressed to kill (J.Br.)" is an example of
irony
epithet
simile
Hyperbole

“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

“There were some bookcases of superbly unreadable books (E.W.)." is an example of
oxymoron
epithet
hyperbole
Irony

“Streaked by a quarter moon, the Mediterranean shushed gently into the beach (I.Sh).” is an example of:
onomatopoeia
metaphor
assonance
Alliteration

“Her family is one aunt about a thousand years old (Sc.F.)” is an example of
hyperbole
epithet
simile
Metaphor

“I am thinking an unmentionable thing about your mother. (I.Sh.)” is an example of
zeugma
periphrasis
graphon
Anaphora

“She was crazy about you. In the beginning. (R. W.) ” is an example of
inversion
detachment
parallel constructions
chiasmus

Brief news items (newspaper style) are characterized by
terms (political or economic)
emotional colouring
the use of the first person singular
obsolete words

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

Expressive means are ...
abstract in nature
fixed in dictionaries and grammars
abstract in nature but fixed in dictionaries
used in everyday speech

Galperin’s classification of functional styles embraces
6 groups
7 groups
5 groups
3 groups

“Some people have much to live on, and little to live for (O.Wilde).” is an example of
litotes
metonymy
antithesis
Understatement

“I do not consult physicians, for I hope to die without their help. (W.T.)” is an example of
inversion
repetition
pun
Irony

“You have nobody to blame but yourself. The saddest words of tongue or pen.” is an example of
litotes
metonymy
alliteration
Understatement

“He's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-nosed peacock (D.)" is an example of
zeugma
epithet
metaphor
Metonymy

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

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

Morphological or partial archaisms are
antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
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
archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
barbarisms and foreign words

“Mr. Stiggins… took his hat and his leave” is the example of
pun
metaphor
zeugma
Antonomasia

“Of course it is important. Incredibly, urgently, desperately important (D.Sayers).” is an example of
chiasmus
detachment
parallel constructions
climax

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

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

Poetic and highly literary words belong to…layer
neutral
both neutral and literary
literary
both colloquial and literary

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

Intentional violation of the graphical shape of a word (or word combination) used to reflect its authentic pronunciation is true for:
assonance
graphon
onomatopoeia
Alliteration

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

Most lexical stylistic devices are based on … .
a sound arrangement or stress or intonation which impart the utterance additional shades of meaning
the principles of similarity of objects, their contrast or proximity
peculiarities of the literary layer of a language
interaction of the reader and the writer

Obsolete words are the words which:
have already gone completely out of use but are still recognized by the English-speaking community
are no longer recognizable in modern English or have become unrecognizable
are in the beginning of the aging process when the word becomes rarely used
are generally defined as "a new word or a new meaning for an established word"

Terms 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
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
archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words

The actual situation of the communication has evolved … varieties of the language
monological and dialogical
gestures and body
spoken and written
syntactical and lexical

The aim of the style of official documents is
to disclose the laws of development and relations between different phenomena
to reach agreement between two contacting parties
to comment on certain political, cultural, economic events
to call aesthetic feelings of pleasure and promote cognitive process

Literary words can be found in
in authorial speech, descriptions, considerations
in the types of discourse, simulating (copying) everyday oral communication
in the dialogue (or interior monologue) of a prose work
in streets and homes

Poetic words are...
antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
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
archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words

One of the branches of stylistics is termed
decoding
contextual
literary
structural

Jargonisms 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
words, used by most speakers in very informal communication, highly emotive and expressive

Lexical stylistic devices are...
based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings regardless of their semantics
based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings accompanied by fixed syntactical organization of employed lexical units
based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of the language

Stanza rhyme is an example of
phonetical EM
morphological EM
lexical EM
syntactical EM

Syntactical stylistic devices are...
based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings regardless of their semantics
based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings accompanied by fixed syntactical organization of employed lexical units
based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of the language

Professionalisms 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
words, used by most speakers in very informal communication, highly emotive and expressive
words, used by limited groups of people, united by some kind of production activity or specialty

The definition "these are expletives and swear words which are of an abusive character, obscene word like "damn", "bloody" etc" is appropriate for
jargon words
colloquial coinages
barbarisms
vulgar words

The function of the scientific prose style is
to convince the receiver of information that the interpretation given by the author is the only correct one
to call aesthetic feelings of pleasure and promote cognitive process
to give logical progress of some idea
to inform

The imagery of emotive prose is
as rich as it is in poetry
as rich as it is in drama
not as rich as it is in poetry
not identified

The main function of the literary language is
aesthetic
volitional
communicative-intellectual
accumulative

The main source of synonymy and polysemy are considered to be
colloquial words
neutral words
literary words
neutral, literary and colloquial words

The object of stylistics is…
the semantic structure of the word and the interrelation (or interplay) of the connotative and denotative meanings of the word
hierarchical system of sounds, words and clauses
specific features of a text type or of a specific text
the stylistic function of the vocabulary

The publicistic functional style includes
the language of scientific prose
the language of poetry
the language of essays
the language of advertisements and announcements

The sphere of application of the belles-letters style is
mass media restricted by press
fiction
mass media
oratory speeches

Slang is…
words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique
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

Special literary words are constituted by
terms and archaisms
slang and jargonisms
professionalisms and jargons
dialectisms and foreignisms

The belles-lettres functional style includes
the editorials
the language of essays
the language of emotive prose
the language of official letters

The words of foreign origin which have not been entirely been assimilated into the English language are…
dialectal words
vulgarisms
barbarisms and foreignism
archaic, obsolescent and obsolete words

Vulgarisms are:
coarse words with a strong emotive meaning, mostly derogatory, normally avoided in polite conversation
words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science, humanities, technique
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

The belles-lettres style rests on
trite imagery
brevity of expression
genuine imagery
neutral vocabulary

The biggest division of vocabulary is made up of
literary words
colloquial words
neutral words
historical words
poetic words

The sphere of application of the publicist style is
speeches, essays, articles
mass media restricted by press
jurisdiction, business
official requests, letters, documents

The style of official documents is characterized by the use of
words in their logical dictionary meaning
words in their logical contextual meaning
emotiveness
connotational component of the meaning

The word-stock of any given language can be roughly divided into
literary, neutral and colloquial vocabulary
literary and colloquial vocabulary
neutral and colloquial vocabulary
neutral, poetic, literary and colloquial