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стилистика 51-100

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term stands for the following definition: a word or expression which resembles the sound which it represents

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

stress

c)

sound form

d)

sound motif

e)

diction

2.

The words like the meow of a cat or the quack of a duck are the examples of

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

stress

c)

diction

d)

sound motif

e)

sound form

3.

What term stands for the following definition: a poem written for a specific occasion (e.g. a birthday, a wedding, etc.)

a)

rhyme

b)

occasional poem

c)

free verse

d)

lyric

e)

poem

4.

Define the type of the following words: curriculum vitae, tete-a-tete, macho

a)

barbarisms

b)

vulgarisms

c)

slang

d)

dialect words

e)

officialese

5.

Point out stylistic differences within the groups of synonyms: child – kid – infant – offspring

a)

neutral – colloquial – bookish – bookish

b)

bookish – colloquial – neutral – slang

c)

slang – colloquial – archaism – bookish

d)

bookish – archaism – slang – poetic

e)

neutral – slang – colloquial – bookish

6.

Point out stylistic differences within the groups of synonyms: face – visage – mug – deadpan

a)

neutral – bookish – slang – bookish

b)

bookish – colloquial – neutral – slang

c)

bookish – archaism – slang – poetic

d)

neutral – slang – colloquial – bookish

e)

slang – colloquial – archaism – bookish

7.

Translate the allegory in the proverb All is not gold that glitters

a)

не все то золото что блестит / жұлтырағанның бәрі алтын емес

b)

люди бывают разные / адамдар әр түрлі болады

c)

все блестит что золото / алтынның бәрі жылтырайды

d)

не все золото блестит / барлық алтын бірдей жылтырайды

e)

то не золото что не блестит / жұлтырамаған алтын емес

8.

What term stands for the following definition: any work of literature which has an unhappy ending for the main character

a)

tragedy

b)

comedy

c)

satire

d)

pastoral

e)

novel

9.

What term stands for the following definition: a long work of prose, fiction

a)

novel

b)

comedy

c)

tragedy

10.

What term stands for the following definition: the arrangement of actions in a particular (usually narrative) work of literature

a)

narration

b)

plot

c)

novel

d)

drama

e)

plan

11.

What term stands for the following definition: a word or expression which signifies something other than the physical object to which it directly refers

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

tone

d)

symbol

e)

referent

12.

Find the right translation in sound and fury

a)

драматические события / драмалық жағдай

b)

громкий и яростный / қатты және жарық

c)

здоровый и крепкий / дені сау және мықты

d)

громкие события / аты шулы жағдай

e)

no answer / no answer

13.

What term stands for the following definition: a literary work which describes the ideal state or way of life

a)

utopia

b)

plot

c)

pathos

d)

satire

e)

symbol

14.

What term stands for the following definition: a literary work which combines elements of both tragedy and comedy

a)

tragicomedy

b)

novel

c)

symbol

d)

narration

e)

description

15.

What term stands for the following definition: literary works which were mainly written between 1798 and 1932. Among the characteristics of these literary works are an emphasis on the individual and on the expression of personal emotions, a tendency to explore new literary forms, new means of expression, and a highlighting of nature or the natural landscape

a)

Romantic Age

b)

Elizabethan era

c)

Jacobean era

d)

Victorian era

e)

realism

16.

What term stands for the following definition: British literary works which were written or which resemble those written during (or shortly before or after) the era between 1837–1901. The term also describes the code of morality which was believed to be predominant

a)

Victorian era

b)

Elizabethan era

c)

Romantic Age

d)

Jacobean era

e)

realism

17.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: She seemed to be making very lame excuses, and James didn’t look at her

a)

epithet

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

allusion 

e)

metonymy

18.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: And first, in the security bred of many harmless marriages, it has been forgotten that Love is no hot-house flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet night…

a)

personification

b)

sustained metaphor

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

19.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: He managed the lotteries, conducted the auctions, collected money for prizes at the sports…, organized the concert, and arranged the fancy-dress ball

a)

parallelism

b)

anaphora

c)

zeugma

d)

repetition

e)

oxymoron

20.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: “My, my, my,” she squealed and her voice sounded like the whistle used to wake soldiers at dawn, “look who’s here.”

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

epithet

d)

allusion

e)

metonymy

21.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: Could a man own anything prettier than this dining table with its deep tints, the starry, soft-petalled roses, the ruby-coloured glass, the quaint silver furnishing; could a man own anything prettier than the woman who sat at it?

a)

belles-lettres style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

scientific style

e)

publicist style

22.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: Learning a second language is a long and complex undertaking. Your whole person is affected as you struggle to reach beyond the confines of your first language and into a new language, a new culture, a new way of thinking, feeling, and acting

a)

scientific style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

23.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: Out of his other property, out of all the things he had collected, his silver, his pictures, his houses, his investments, he got a secret and intimate feeling; out of her, he got none

a)

belles-lettres style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

scientific style

e)

publicist style

24.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: “Gratitude was no virtue among Forsytes, who, competitive, and full of common-sense, had no occasion for it; and Soames only experienced a sense of exasperating amounting to pain, that he didn’t own her as it was his right to own her, that he could not, as by stretching out his hand to that rose, pluck her and sniff the very secrets of her heart…” belongs to:

a)

belles-lettres style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

scientific style

e)

publicist style

25.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: “Total commitment, total involvement, a total physical, intellectual, and emotional response are necessary to successfully send and receive messages in a second language. Many variables are involved in the acquisition process. Language learning is not a set of easy steps that can be programmed in a quick do-it-yourself kit…” belongs to:

a)

scientific style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

26.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: “Of course, it’s entirely arguable whether one generation has it ‘rougher’ than another. Illicit drugs, AIDS, gun violence, and the breakup of the nuclear family certainly pose greater threats to kids today than they did to earlier generations…” belongs to:

a)

style of the mass media

b)

colloquial style

c)

publicist style

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

scientific style

27.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: “It’s tough being a kid in the 1990s, according to recent surveys suggesting that children today face much different and perhaps even greater challenges today than their parents did when they were growing up…” belongs to:

a)

style of the mass media

b)

colloquial style

c)

publicist style

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

scientific style

28.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: “I do hope you enjoy the quarterly newsletter as well as any other information you will receive from us throughout the year. I wish you a year of success and that you plant the seeds for a better future, you will see the fruits of your labour at the end of this school year. Sincerely yours, Maria Sierra Executive secretary” belongs to…

a)

style of official documents

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

29.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: “Dear FFLA member: On behalf of the 1997-1998 Florida Foreign Language Association, Inc. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to our new year of exciting and promising ideas. I thank you for renewing you membership with us, and look forward to meeting you at this year’s conference” belongs to:

a)

publicist style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

style of official documents

30.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: “So much is at stake that courses in foreign languages are often inadequate training grounds, in and of themselves, for the successful learning of a second language. Few if any people achieve fluency in a foreign language solely within the confines of the classroom” belongs to:

a)

scientific style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

31.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract: “In the further days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression –” belongs to:

a)

publicist style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

scientific style

32.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract belongs to which style: “Linguistic historiography is a discipline that has come into its own during the past several decades. It is now possible to cite a large body of literature devoted to linguistic historiography and to identify an international community of scholars dedicated to historiographic research…”

a)

scientific style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

33.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract belongs to which style: “Although historiography is not yet a standardized part of the linguistic student’ training in the United States, historiographic perspectives are appearing more and more in the work of American linguists. The increasing appearance of these perspectives suggests that American linguists perceive an increasing need for the theoretical depth and dimension that historiography provides,”

a)

scientific style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

34.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract belongs to which style: “However when it comes to historiographic perspectives on linguistics in the United States, few exist, and almost none at all for the period before the twentieth century,”

a)

scientific style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

35.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract belongs to which style: “In fact, up to now, the tradition of American linguistics announced in my title has been assumed not to exist. This book challenges that negative assumption by providing a history of American linguistics from the founding of the American Philosophical Society in 1769 to the founding of the Linguistic Society of America in 1924,”

a)

scientific style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

36.

Choose the correct answer. The following extract belongs to which style: “By its very nature, foreign language teaching is predicated on the conviction that because we are all humans, we can easily understand each other provided we share the same code; all we have to do is learn that code and use it accurately and appropriately. This view of language teaching values consensus and negotiated understanding,”

a)

scientific style

b)

colloquial style

c)

style of the mass media

d)

belles-lettres style

e)

publicist style

37.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: After many minutes, the peacock’s sunglasses remained like ice-cubes

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

38.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: His chains jangled so loudly, his colours clashed so vividly, that an entire entourage appeared to have collapsed into his person like a kaleidoscope

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

39.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: They opened the next door and the music pounced on them like a black cat that had been coiled to leap

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

40.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: A roar from the crowd, like a pride of lions spotting the arrival of its lunch, announced the team and Gopal settled into his bench

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

41.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: They began to unsteadily lurch their way out, helped by various waiters, as though they were batons being passed from hand to hand

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

42.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: The car, in which they moved seemed a little world itself

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

43.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: My love is like a red, red rose

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

44.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: The question whether or not he was really married to Jennie remained an open one

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

45.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: It was a shame that her life was passed under such a troubled star

a)

prolonged metaphor

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

46.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: The nuclear war inside his head had subsided, but an active insurgency still seemed under way, characterized by a nearly continuous burst of machine-gun fire across the centre of his head.

a)

metaphor

b)

sustained metaphor

c)

personification

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

47.

Find the right translation for “to defend the colours of the University”.

a)

защищать Университет / университетті қорғау

b)

защитить знамя университета / университет білімiн қорғау

c)

защищать цвет университета / университет түстi қорғау

d)

быть университетской командой / университет командасында болу

e)

no answer / no answer

48.

What stands for “crown”?

a)

королевская семья / патша отбасы

b)

королевство / патшалық

c)

корона / тәж

d)

королевская рать / патшалық әскер

e)

королева / патшайым

49.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: You know I have your real interests at heart.

a)

metonymy

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet

50.

Define the stylistic device in the following sentence: Gopal sought to interpret this and deduced correctly that the green referred to dollars.

a)

metonymy

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

e)

epithet