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Stylistic Devices and Functional Styles

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Old Mathew's mouth closed like a nut cracker. The device is…

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

zeugma

d)

epithet

e)

litotes

2.

Then she took the finger away, and smiled directly and simply across the thousand miles of leather cushion between them. The device is…

a)

zeugma

b)

oxymoron

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

e)

litotes

3.

He smiled and his full lips revealed great horse teeth. The device is…

a)

hyperbole

b)

oxymoron

c)

alliteration

d)

epithet

e)

litotes

4.

"He is a cheerful pessimist." The device is…

a)

metaphor

b)

oxymoron

c)

simile

d)

antithesis

e)

metonymy

5.

Words trembled on his lips - caustic words. The device is …

a)

epiphoric repetition

b)

anaphoric repetition

c)

frame repetition

d)

chain repetition

e)

catch repetition

6.

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:

a)

antonomasia

b)

zeugma

c)

oxymoron

d)

simile

e)

chain repetition

7.

Publicist style has features in common with the style of …

a)

scientific prose and the emotive prose

b)

emotional appeals

c)

newspaper slyle

d)

official documents

e)

poetry

8.

Publicist style has 3 oratorical substyles. They are ….

a)

speeches and articles, lyrics

b)

speeches and oratory and books

c)

speeches, essays

d)

oratory, poetry

e)

oratory, essays and articles

9.

What is the most obvious purpose of oratory?

a)

combination

b)

interpretation

c)

persuasion

d)

relation

e)

parody

10.

Oratorical style is evident in speeches on …

a)

political and social problems

b)

newspaper articles

c)

social and radio commentary

d)

social and scientific problems

e)

political and literary problems

11.

An oration opens up with the following words:

a)

ladies and gentlemen, Mr. chairman, my friends

b)

the pickwick club

c)

the new star, you and me

d)

be careful!

e)

civil war, the new star

12.

An opening or welcoming statement in a letter is called …

a)

oration

b)

salutatory

c)

rhetoric

d)

nomination

e)

speech

13.

A style used in public speeches and printed public works is called …

a)

style of scientific prose

b)

publicist style

c)

style of emotive prose

d)

belles-letter style

e)

newspaper style

14.

This style is observed in the majority of information materials printed in newspapers. Name the style:

a)

newspaper style

b)

official style

c)

scientific style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

15.

The primary function of this style is to impart information and instruct the reader. Name the style:

a)

newspaper style

b)

official style

c)

scientific style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

16.

This substyle has the function to influence the reader by giving an interpretation of certain facts. Name the substyle of the newspaper style:

a)

editorial

b)

brief news items and communiqués

c)

press reports - parliamentary, of court proceedings

d)

articles purely informational in character

e)

advertisements and announcements

17.

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:

a)

press reports

b)

brief news items and communiqués

c)

editorial

d)

articles purely informational in character

e)

advertisements and announcements

18.

What is the title given to a news item or a newspaper article?

a)

editorial

b)

headline

c)

brief news items and communiqués

d)

court proceedings

e)

articles purely informational in character

19.

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:

a)

scientific style

b)

newspaper style

c)

official style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

20.

What functional style is characterized by the use of terms specific to each given branch of science. Name the style:

a)

scientific style

b)

newspaper style

c)

official style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

21.

What functional style is characterized by the use of quotations and references? Name the style:

a)

official style

b)

newspaper style

c)

scientific style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

22.

What functional style does the language of diplomacy belong to? Name the style:

a)

newspaper style

b)

scientific style

c)

official style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

23.

What functional style does the language of legal documents belong to? Name the style:

a)

official style

b)

scientific style

c)

newspaper style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

24.

What functional style does the language of military documents belong to? Name the style:

a)

newspaper style

b)

scientific style

c)

official style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

25.

What functional style does the language of business documents belong to? Name the style:

a)

scientific style

b)

official style

c)

newspaper style

d)

publicist style

e)

belles-lettres style

26.

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:

a)

date

b)

heading

c)

signature

d)

salutation

e)

reference

27.

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:

a)

date

b)

heading

c)

signature

d)

salutation

e)

reference

28.

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:

a)

signature

b)

heading

c)

opening

d)

salutation

e)

reference

29.

What functional style has the oratorical substyle? Name the style:

a)

publicist style

b)

official style

c)

scientific style

d)

newspaper style

e)

belles-lettres style

30.

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:

a)

official style

b)

publicist style

c)

scientific style

d)

newspaper style

e)

belles-lettres style

31.

What functional substyle is characterized by the direct address to the audience? Name the substyle:

a)

oratorical substyle

b)

official substyle

c)

scientific substyle

d)

newspaper substyle

e)

belles-lettres substyle