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The document contains a test with 30 multiple choice questions about linguistic terms and figures of speech. The questions cover topics such as stylistic devices, types of metaphors, metonymy and other tropes, examples of their use, and which literary styles they are characteristic of. The test is aimed at assessing knowledge of comparative stylistics.

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Порівняльна стилістика 2023

Іспит – тренувальний тест

1. Linguistic units of phonetic, morphological, lexical, phraseological or syntactic


level, which make speech foregrounded, are called
a) norms;
b) context;
c) expressive means;
d) stylistic devices.

2. Arrangements of linguistic units in speech to make it foregrounded are called


a) expressive means;
b) stylistic devices;
c) style;
d) image.

3. Paradigms of linguistic units of all levels of the language hierarchy, which serve
the needs of certain typified communicative situations, are called
a) norms;
b) expressive means;
c) stylistic devices;
d) functional styles.

4. A structure with double negation and positive sense is called


a) hyperbole;
b) meiosis;
c) litotes;
d) metonymy.

5. A replacement of the direct name of an object by a description of its quality is


called
a) metonymy;
b) periphrasis;
c) euphemism;
d) metaphor.

6. A figure of ascending arrangement of emotional, qualitative, or quantitative


features of the object under description is called
a) aposiopesis;
b) synonym;
c) zeugma;
d) climax.

7. The strategy of political correctness is realized by


a) euphemisms;
b) litotes;
c) metonymy;
d) periphrasis.

8. A figure contrasting two semantically opposite phrases is called


a) antithesis;
b) pun;
c) zeugma;
d) oxymoron.

9. An attribute describing an object expressively is called


a) metaphor;
b) epithet;
c) antonomasia;
d) simile.

10. Naming the whole object by mentioning its part is called


a) synecdoche;
b) metonymy;
c) antonomasia;
d) litotes.

11. A transference of the name of one object to another object based on similarity
is called
a) allegory;
b) metonymy;
c) metaphor;
d) simile.

12. Ascribing human behaviour, feelings, thoughts and actions to inanimate objects
is called
a) antonomasia;
b) epithet;
c) personification;
d) metaphor.

13. A play of homonymic or polysemantic words is called


a) oxymoron;
b) zeugma;
c) simile;
d) pun.

14. The utterance In a sudden burst of slipping, climbing, jingling, clinking and
talking, they arrived at the convent door is an example of:
a) onomatopoeia, inversion, epiphora;
b) assonance, detachment, anaphora;
c) alliteration, enumeration, climax;
d) synonyms, parceling, repetition.

15. A figure of contrast based on the combination of semantically incompatible /


antonymous words describing one object is called
a) antithesis;
b) litotes;
c) oxymoron;
d) zeugma.

16. A three-component figure of inequality, in which the basic component forms


both a phraseological and a free word combination with the adjacent ones, is called
a) antithesis;
b) zeugma;
c) litotes;
d) oxymoron.

17. An abstract notion in a concrete image, embodied throughout the whole text is
called
a) allegory;
b) metaphor;
c) personification;
d) meiosis.

18. A replacement of unpleasant / impolite words or expressions with milder /


more polite ones is called
a) euphemism;
b) periphrasis;
c) litotes;
d) dysphemism.

19. A transference of the name of one object to another based upon contiguity is
called
a) antonomasia;
b) allegory;
c) metonymy;
d) metaphor.

20. The sequence of utterances I buy newspapers to make money. I make money
to buy more newspapers. I buy more newspapers to make more money, etc., etc.
without end is an example of
a) metonymy, framing, climax, allegory;
b) parabole, parrallel constructions, epihora, hyperbole;
c) metonymy, parallel constructions, framing, hyperbole;
d) metonymy, anticlimax, parallel constructions, anaphora.

21. The utterance I’m telling you, you just wouldn’t believe the crowds in Tesco
this morning is characteristic of the
a) newspaper (advertising) style;
b) publicity (oratory) style;
c) substandard colloquial style;
d) literary colloquial style.

22. The utterance Чоловіки й жінки, мов рій метеликів, з’являлись і


зникали в синяві мого саду, серед шелесту голосів, шампанського й зірок is
an example of
a) simile, metaphor, enumeration;
b) simile, zeugma, metonymy;
c) parceling, zeugma, metaphor;
d) metonymy, enumeration, simile.

23. The utterance Dear beloved, we are gathered here today in the sight of God to
join this couple is characteristic of the
a) belles-lettres style;
b) official style;
c) newspaper style;
d) literary colloquial style.

24. The sequence of utterances В манежі було повно голів. Це був


здоровенний кавун, повний насіння – облич is an example of
a) simile, synecdoche, parceling;
b) metaphor, synecdoche, detachment;
c) parceling, metonymy, climax;
d) metaphor, synecdoche, parceling.

25. The utterance His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly
through the universe is an example of
a) assonance, metonymy;
b) alliteration, zeugma;
c) onomatopoeia, metonymy;
d) alliteration, assonance.

26. The utterance Окрестри справно гриміли, крики вчасно вибухали, пісні
на своєму місці лунали, сонце старанно функціонувало, дерева на
бульварах зелено сміялись, птахи від радості пурхали is an example of
a) assonance, parallel constructions, metaphor;
b) onomatopoeia, repetition, personification;
c) metonymy, parallel constructions, personification;
d) personification, enumeration, parallel constructions.

27. The utterance He used the events to show the Silicon Valley crowd that he
was just like them – and that he understood their financial needs better than the
suits on Wall Street is an example of
а) metonymy, periphrasis;
b) metaphor, periphrasis;
c) antonomasia, epithet;
d) personification, epithet.

28. The sequence of utterances Тьмяно в хатинці. Цідять морок маленькі


вікна, хмуряться вогкі кутки, гнітить низька стеля, і плаче зажурене
серце is an example of
a) metonymy, detachment, enumeration;
a) metaphor, synecdoche, enumeration;
c) metonymy, enumeration, climax;
d) personification, metonymy, parallel constructions.

29. The utterance He was a bottle of champagne about to be open, a piano about
to be played, a canvas about to be painted, he was life with the top off is an
example of
a) metonymy, enumeration, climax,
b) metaphor, parallel constructions climax;
c) metaphor, repetition, climax;
d) personification, parallel constructions, climax.

30. State whether compound epithets-sentences are typical of


a) English;
b) Ukrainian;
c) neither;
d) both.

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