Lexical EMs and SDs

Stylistics

by Assel Smagulova

Poll

    “marvelously radiant smile” is an example of …

• epithet

• metonymy

• metaphor

• irony

Poll

“He smiled a sweet smile of an alligator” is an example of

• personification

• irony

• antonomasia

• oxymoron

Poll

“I get my living by the sweat of my brow” is an example of

• epithet

• metonymy

• metaphor

• irony

Poll

“The laugh in her eyes died out” is an example of

• epithet

• metonymy

• metaphor

• irony

Poll

“The girls were dressed to kill” is an example of

• epithet

• metonymy

• metaphor

• irony

Multiple Choice

“Money burns a hole in my pocket” is an example of

• epithet

• metonymy

• metaphor

• irony

Multiple Choice

“My heart was singing like a bird” is an example of …

• simile

• antithesis

• chiasmus

• litotes

Multiple Choice

“London has two eyes: Oxford and Cambridge”

• irony

• antonomasia

• personification

• oxymoron

Multiple Choice

“He was rather wild”

• understatement

• metaphor

• irony

• epithet

Multiple Choice

“Life is a boomerang: everything comes back”

• epithet

• metaphor

• irony

• understatement