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Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 45mins

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Class
Date
1.

What stylistic device is used? Treacherous as a snake, faithful as a dog, slow as a tortoise:

a)

Anadiplosis

b)

Simile

c)

Anaphora

d)

Gradation

2.

What stylistic device is used? They looked at hundred of houses, they climbed thousands of stairs, they inspected innumerable kitchens. (Maugham):

a)

  ANADIPLOSIS

b)

CHIASMUS

c)

ANAPHORA

d)

     QUANTITATIVE CLIMAX or Gradation

3.

What stylistic device is used? Three fishers went sailing out into the West. Out into the West, as the sun went down. (Kingsley)

a)

SIMILE

b)

ANADIPLOSIS

c)

LITOTES

d)

PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION

4.

What stylistic device is used? That he sings and he sings, and forever sings he - I love my Love and my Love loves me!

a)

CHIASMUS

b)

ANAPHORA

c)

LITOTES

d)

CLIMAX

5.

What stylistic device is used? They were poor in space, poor in light, poor in quiet, poor in repose, and poor in the atmosphere of privacy - poor in everything that makes a man's home his castle. (Cheever)

a)

SIMILE

b)

ANAPHORA

c)

GRAPHONS

d)

CHIASMUS

6.

What stylistic device is used? It's not unusual for him to come home at this hour.

a)

Anaphora

b)

Antonomasia

c)

Anadiplosis

d)

Litotes

7.

What stylistic device is used? The seeds ye sow - another reaps, The robes ye weave - another wears The arms ye forge - another bears.

a)

SIMILE

b)

CHIASMUS

c)

PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION (parallelism)

d)

GRAPHONS

8.

Mr. Facing-Both-Ways does not get very far in this world. (The Times):

a)

Anaphora

b)

Litotes

c)

Chiasmus

d)

Antonomasia

9.

I know these Eye- talians! (Lawrence)

a)

Simile

b)

Anaphora

c)

Antonomasia

d)

Graphons

10.

What functional style is it? poetry, emotive prose, the language of the drama.

a)

Belles-Lettres Style

b)

Publicistic Style

c)

Newspaper Style

d)

The Style of Official Documents

11.

What functional style is it? oratory and speeches, the essay, articles.

a)

Belles-Lettres Style

b)

Newspaper Style

c)

Publicistic Style

d)

The Style of Official documents

12.

What functional style is it? brief news items, headlines, advertisements and announcements, the editorial.

a)

The Style of Official documents

b)

Newspaper Style

c)

Belles-Lettres Style

d)

Publicist Style

13.

What functional style is it? business documents, legal documents, the language of diplomacy, military documents.

a)

The Style of Official documents

b)

Publicist Style

c)

Belles-Lettres Style

d)

The Style of Official documents

14.

The sentence "fifteen millions of workers, understood to be the strangest, the cunningest, the willingest our Earth ever had" contains....

a)

Zeugma

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Irony

15.

The sentence "He paid him a visit and a fee" contains ...

a)

Irony

b)

Zeugma

c)

Metaphor

d)

Pun

16.

The stylistic device used in the "It must be delightful to find oneself in a foreign country without a penny in one's pocket" is

a)

Pun

b)

Irony

c)

Antonomasia

d)

Metonymy

17.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate. (W.G.)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Metonymy

c)

Pun

d)

Antithesis

18.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? I crossed a high toll bridge and came to the place where the Stars and Stripes stood shoulder to shoulder with the Union Jack. (J. St.)

a)

Zeugma

b)

Metaphor

c)

Pun

d)

Metonymy

19.

The stylistic device used in the sentence "What is the difference between a schoolmaster and an engine driver? - One trains the mind and the other minds the train" is...

a)

Antonomasia

b)

Pun

c)

Irony

d)

Epithet

20.

The sentence “Mr. Facing-Both-Ways does not get very far in this world” (The Times) is the example….

a)

Metaphor

b)

Antonomasia

c)

Epithet

d)

Metonymy

21.

The sentence "He is in the sunset of his days" contains

a)

METAPHOR

b)

ANTONOMASIA

c)

HYPERBOLE

d)

METONYMY

22.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? There are three doctors in an illness like yours. I don't mean only myself, my partner and the radiologist who does your X-rays, the three I'm referring to are “Dr. Rest, Dr. Diet and Dr. Fresh Air”.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Antonomasia

c)

Pun

d)

Epithet

23.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? And she still has that look, that “don't-you-touch-me” look, that women who-were beautiful carry with them to the grave. (J.B.)

a)

Antithesis

b)

Inversion

c)

Epithet

d)

Polysyndeton

24.

The sentence “He was followed into the room by a pair of heavy boots” contains…

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Metaphor

d)

Metonymy

25.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Antithesis

c)

Antonomasia

d)

Pun

26.

The sentence "Washington and London agreed on most issues" contains...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Metonymy

c)

Inversion

d)

Pun

27.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? The rain had thickened, “fish could have swum through the air”. (T.C.)

a)

Inversion

b)

Pun

c)

Metonymy

d)

Hyperbole

28.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? Silence was louder than thunder (U.)

a)

Pun

b)

Polysyndeton

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Litotes

29.

Specify a stylistic device used in "Then they came in. Two of them, a man with long fair moustaches and a silent dark man... Definitely the moustache and I had nothing in common"

a)

Pun

b)

Antithesis

c)

Inversion

d)

Metonymy

30.

Specify a stylistic device used in "Talent Mr. Micawber has; capital Mr. Micawber has not".

a)

Simile

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Inversion

d)

Litotes

31.

Specify a stylistic device used in "He thought, and thought, and thought".

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Polysyndeton

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Inversion

32.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? She wore a pink hat, the size of a “button”. (J.R.)

a)

Litotes

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Understatement

d)

Simile

33.

Specify a stylistic device used in "No wonder his father wanted to know what Bosinney meant, no wonder".

a)

Framing (repetition)

b)

Lilotes

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Personification

34.

What stylistic device is used in the passage? The idea was not totally erroneous. The thought did not displease me. (I.M.)

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Simile

c)

Lilotes

d)

Alliteration

35.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? She saw around her, clustered about the white tables, multitudes of violently red lips, powdered cheeks, cold, hard eyes, self-possessed arrogant faces, and insolent bosoms. (A.B.)

a)

Personification

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Pun

d)

Synecdoche

36.

The sentence "The long arm of the law will catch him in the end" contains...

a)

Pun

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Oxymoron

37.

What stylistic device is used in the passage? He was also the most outrageously attractive man, Abby had ever seen (J.C.). The little girl who had done this was eleven – beautifully ugly as little girls are apt to be who art destined after a few years to be inexpressibly lovely…(Sc. F.).

a)

Alliteration

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

d)

Euphemism

38.

The sentence "She was a like a faded white rabbit" contains...

a)

Antithesis

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metonymy

39.

In the sentence "... silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain" we come across an example of...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Euphemism

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Pun

40.

What stylistic device is it? A  word or phrase to replace an unpleasant word or expression by a more acceptable one.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Epithet

c)

Euphemism

d)

Simile

41.

What stylistic device is used in the sentence? Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield are “Good Bad Boys” of American literature. (V.)

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Simile

c)

Pun

d)

Synecdoche

42.

Which of the following groups of words do not belong to the literary layer of the language?

a)

Euphemism

b)

Jargonisms

c)

Slang

d)

Onomatopoeia

43.

Which of the following groups of words do not belong to the literary layer of the language?

a)

Slang

b)

Jargonisms

c)

Euphemism

d)

Metonymy

44.

This type of figurative language is used when words imitate the actual sound(s) made by the action or event.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Epithet

d)

Metonymy

45.

The word combination "heart-burning sigh" is an example of ...

a)

Compound metonymy

b)

Compound euphemism

c)

Compound alliteration

d)

Compound epithet

46.

2> Sentences with Metaphor

a)

The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad

b)

We need you so much here. It's a dear old town, but it's a rough diamond, and we need you for the polishing, and we're ever so humble...". (S.L.)

c)

She opened a Pandora’s box of problems.

d)

She was kind, generous, patient, understanding.

e)

The sky is a rainbow of flowers.

47.

  1. 2> Stylistic Grammar comprises

a)

Stylystic Metonomy

b)

Stylistic Morphology

c)

Stylistic Analogy

d)

Stylystic Syntax

e)

Stylistic Alliteration

48.

2> Which of the them refer to official style of language?

a)

Diplomatic documents

b)

Military documents

c)

Fairy tales

d)

Personal letters

e)

Comic books

49.

<2 Choose the sentences with simile

a)

The sun smiled down on the earth.

b)

The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad

c)

The wind whispered through the trees

d)

Тhis room is as large as that room

e)

It’s his Achilles heel.

50.

<2 Find examples of personification  

a)

Aren't you a hero-running away from a mouse!

b)

The sun smiled down on the earth.

c)

The wind whispered through the trees.

d)

She possessed two false teeth and a sympathetic heart.

e)

A fine friend you are! That's pretty kettle of fish!

51.

<2 Find  sentences with allusion

a)

Тhis room is as large as that room

b)

It’s his Achilles heel.

c)

She opened a Pandora’s box of problems.

d)

The sky is a rainbow of flowers.

e)

She possessed two false teeth and a sympathetic heart.

52.

<2 Choose examples of direct onomatopoeia

a)

splash

b)

noise

c)

cuckoo

d)

silence

e)

movement

53.

<2 Find examples of asyndeton

a)

She was kind, generous, patient, understanding.

b)

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

c)

Sally sells sandwiches Saturday.

d)

He took his hat and his leave.

e)

I came, I saw, I conquered.

54.

<2 The sentences contain Irony

a)

She possessed two false teeth and a sympathetic heart.

b)

A fine friend you are! That's pretty kettle of fish!

c)

The old oak tree swayed slowly in the breeze

d)

Aren't you a hero-running away from a mouse!

e)

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France and on the seas and oceans.

55.

<2 The sentences contain Zeugma

a)

He took his hat and his leave.

b)

She possessed two false teeth and a sympathetic heart.

c)

Youth is lovely, age is lonely. Youth is fiery, age is frost.

d)

Don't use big words. They mean so little.

e)

The old oak tree swayed slowly in the breeze

56.

<question2>Sentences with alliteration.

a)

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France and on the seas and oceans.

b)

Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task.

c)

The mountains look on Marathon-And Marathon looks on the sea.

d)

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

e)

Sally sells sandwiches Saturday.

57.

<question2>Sentences with assonance

a)

The cat sat on the mat.

b)

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

c)

The old oak tree swayed slowly in the breeze

d)

The moon was bright tonight.

e)

The wind blew quietly.

58.

<question2>Find examples of anaphora.

a)

I am exactly the man to be placed in a superior position in such a case as that. I am above the rest of mankind, in such a case as that. I can act with philosophy in such a case as that.

b)

They looked at hundred of houses, they climbed thousands of stairs, they inspected innumerable kitchens.

c)

The seeds ye sow - another reaps, The robes ye weave - another wears The arms ye forge - another bears.

d)

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France and on the seas and oceans.

e)

I crossed a high toll bridge and came to the place where the Stars and Stripes stood shoulder to shoulder with the Union Jack.

59.

<question2>Which sentences contain anadiplosis.

a)

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

b)

Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task.

c)

The mountains look on Marathon-And Marathon looks on the sea.

d)

The old oak tree swayed slowly in the breeze

e)

A fine friend you are! That's pretty kettle of fish!

60.

<question2>Which sentences contain antithesis.

a)

The sky is blue and calm.

b)

Youth is lovely, age is lonely. Youth is fiery, age is frost.

c)

The room was quiet.

d)

Don't use big words. They mean so little.

e)

She walked slowly.

61.

<question3>Belles-lettres style is represented in:

a)

Emotive prose

b)

Legal codes

c)

Poetry proper

d)

Drama

e)

Technical manuals

62.

<question3>Decoding stylistics is connected with the names of such linguists as:

a)

Bloomfield

b)

B. Larin

c)

I. Arnold

d)

L. Shcherba

e)

Chomsky

63.

<question3>Newspaper style is represented in:

a)

Advertisements and announcements

b)

Editorials

c)

Research papers

d)

Brief news items

e)

Autobiographies

64.

<question3>Scientific style is represented in:

a)

Laboratory reports

b)

Novels

c)

Diaries

d)

Textbooks

e)

Scientific papers and articles

65.

<question3>Choose trite metaphors

a)

a ray of hope

b)

a storm of indignation

c)

silver voice

d)

floods of tears

e)

burning passion

66.

<question3>Choose unassociated epithets

a)

bright sun

b)

bootless cries

c)

voiceless sands

d)

sullen earth

e)

deep water

67.

<question3>According to scholars, Stylistics studies

a)

historical linguistics

b)

usage of different language elements in rendering thought

c)

phonetic transcription

d)

emotion under different conditions of communication

e)

the principles and effect of choice

68.

<question3>The English language is divided by linguists into three main layers. What are they?

a)

the slang layer

b)

the literary layer

c)

the colloquial layer

d)

the neutral layer

e)

the poetic layer

69.

<question3>The word vulgar, as explained by the Shorter Oxford Dictionary means:

a)

commonly current or prevalent, generally or widely disseminated

b)

common, unfamiliar

c)

words or names employed in ordinary speech

d)

belonging to scientific terminology

e)

the principles and effect of choice

70.

<question3>According to I.R. Galperin, there are three stages in the aging process of words and correspondingly three groups of archaisms. What are they?

a)

obsolete

b)

archaic proper

c)

obsolescent

d)

neologisms

e)

poeticisms

71.

<question3>The classification of expressive means and stylistic devices suggested by I. R. Galperin

a)

Lexical EM and SD

b)

Syntactical EM and SD

c)

Morphological EM and SD

d)

Phonetic EM and SD

e)

Pragmatic EM and SD

72.

<question3>The sentences with Litotes

a)

This is a terrible idea

b)

It’s not a bad thing

c)

He is no coward

d)

He is very strong

e)

A Forsyte is not an uncommon animal

73.

<question3>Which of the following groups of words do not belong to the literary layer of the language?

a)

Colloquial coinages

b)

Slang

c)

Dialectal words

d)

Learned words

e)

Terms

74.

<question3>Choose elliptical sentences.

a)

The sea is but another sky, The sky a sea as well…

b)

She possessed two false teeth and a sympathetic heart.

c)

John went to the store, and Mary, to the library.

d)

She opened a Pandora’s box of problems.

e)

So Justice Oberwaltzer-solemnly and didactically from his high seat to the jury

75.

<question3>Examples of framing

a)

He was followed into the room by a pair of heavy boots

b)

No wonder his father wanted to know what. Bosinney meant, no wonder.

c)

He is in the sunset of his days

d)

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

 

e)

Keep your hands to yourself. Keep your feet to yourself. Keep your belongings to yourself.

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