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WorksheetsStylistic Devices and Functional Styles
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Old Mathew's mouth closed like a nut cracker. The device is…
simile
metaphor
zeugma
epithet
litotes
Then she took the finger away, and smiled directly and simply across the thousand miles of leather cushion between them. The device is…
zeugma
oxymoron
metaphor
hyperbole
litotes
He smiled and his full lips revealed great horse teeth. The device is…
hyperbole
oxymoron
alliteration
epithet
litotes
"He is a cheerful pessimist." The device is…
metaphor
oxymoron
simile
antithesis
metonymy
Words trembled on his lips - caustic words. The device is …
epiphoric repetition
anaphoric repetition
frame repetition
chain repetition
catch repetition
Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms; authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape. The sentence contains the following stylistic device:
antonomasia
zeugma
oxymoron
simile
chain repetition
Publicist style has features in common with the style of …
scientific prose and the emotive prose
emotional appeals
newspaper slyle
official documents
poetry
Publicist style has 3 oratorical substyles. They are ….
speeches and articles, lyrics
speeches and oratory and books
speeches, essays
oratory, poetry
oratory, essays and articles
What is the most obvious purpose of oratory?
combination
interpretation
persuasion
relation
parody
Oratorical style is evident in speeches on …
political and social problems
newspaper articles
social and radio commentary
social and scientific problems
political and literary problems
An oration opens up with the following words:
ladies and gentlemen, Mr. chairman, my friends
the pickwick club
the new star, you and me
be careful!
civil war, the new star
An opening or welcoming statement in a letter is called …
oration
salutatory
rhetoric
nomination
speech
A style used in public speeches and printed public works is called …
style of scientific prose
publicist style
style of emotive prose
belles-letter style
newspaper style
This style is observed in the majority of information materials printed in newspapers. Name the style:
newspaper style
official style
scientific style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
The primary function of this style is to impart information and instruct the reader. Name the style:
newspaper style
official style
scientific style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
This substyle has the function to influence the reader by giving an interpretation of certain facts. Name the substyle of the newspaper style:
editorial
brief news items and communiqués
press reports - parliamentary, of court proceedings
articles purely informational in character
advertisements and announcements
Writers of this substyle of the newspaper style make an extensive use of emotionally coloured vocabulary together with political words and expressions, terms, clichés and abbreviations. Name the substyle of the newspaper style:
press reports
brief news items and communiqués
editorial
articles purely informational in character
advertisements and announcements
What is the title given to a news item or a newspaper article?
editorial
headline
brief news items and communiqués
court proceedings
articles purely informational in character
The aim of this functional style is to prove a high hypothesis, to create new concepts, to disclose the eternal laws of existence, development, relations between different phenomena. Name the style:
scientific style
newspaper style
official style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
What functional style is characterized by the use of terms specific to each given branch of science. Name the style:
scientific style
newspaper style
official style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
What functional style is characterized by the use of quotations and references? Name the style:
official style
newspaper style
scientific style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
What functional style does the language of diplomacy belong to? Name the style:
newspaper style
scientific style
official style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
What functional style does the language of legal documents belong to? Name the style:
official style
scientific style
newspaper style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
What functional style does the language of military documents belong to? Name the style:
newspaper style
scientific style
official style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
What functional style does the language of business documents belong to? Name the style:
scientific style
official style
newspaper style
publicist style
belles-lettres style
This part of a business letter includes the sender's name, postal and telegraphic addresses, telephone number as well as reference titles of the sender and recipient, and is printed at the top of the notepaper. Name the part:
date
heading
signature
salutation
reference
This part of a business letter should always be printed in the top right-hand corner in the order: day, month, year. Name the part:
date
heading
signature
salutation
reference
This part of a business letter can be introduced by such expressions as: In reply / with reference / referring to your letter of; in accordance with / compliance with / pursuance of your order No. Name the part:
signature
heading
opening
salutation
reference
What functional style has the oratorical substyle? Name the style:
publicist style
official style
scientific style
newspaper style
belles-lettres style
The main function of this functional style is to exert influence on public opinion, to convince the reader or the listener that the interpretation given by the writer or the speaker is the only correct one? Name the style:
official style
publicist style
scientific style
newspaper style
belles-lettres style
What functional substyle is characterized by the direct address to the audience? Name the substyle:
oratorical substyle
official substyle
scientific substyle
newspaper substyle
belles-lettres substyle
