Test for self – control on lexical SDs

1. The hierarchy of level branches of stylistics may be presented like this

1. stylistic phonetics

2. stylistic morphology

3. stylistic lexicology

4. stylistic syntax

5. text stylistics

2. Paradigmatic stylistics may be opposed to Syntagmatic one.

3. Functional style is a system of interrelated and interconditioned language means intended to fulfill

a specific function of communication.          

4. The stylistics of artistic speech deals with Sets style study.      

5. The repetition of consonants, usually in the beginning of words is called ….

1. euphony

2. assonance 

3. alliteration

4. onomatopoeia

6. The intentional violation of the graphical shape of a word used to reflect its authentic pronunciation is called

1. grapheme

2. graphon

3. phoneme

4. lexeme

7. Stylistic graphical means include

8. The example: She unchained, unbolted and unlocked the door is a case of morphemic repetition

9. The major lexical meanings are denotational and connotational

10. Match the names of connotational meanings and their specification

11. Words possessing no stylistic connotation and suitable for any communicative situation are referred to as ….

1. literary 

2. colloquial

3. dialectal

4. neutral

12. The substitution of the existing names fixed in dictionaries by new, occasional, individual ones, prompted by the speaker’s subjective original view and evaluation of things is referred to as ….

1. play on words

2. transference

3. connotation

4. foregrounding

13.Transference of names based on the associated likeness between two оbjects is called metaphor

14. methonomy is based on contiguity(nearness) of objects or phenomena, on the fact, that two objects (phenomena) have common groups of existence in reality.  

15. The simultaneous realization of two meanings producing humorous effect is called zeugma

16. A lexical stylistic device in which a proper name is used instead of a common noun or vice versa is called antonomasia               

17. A stylistic device in which the contextual evaluative meaning of a word is directly opposite to its dictionary meaning is called irony

18. The combination “unnaturally mild day” is an example of a ....

1. single epithet

2. two-step epithet

3. phrase epithet 

4. fixed epithet

19. A stylistic device in which emphasis is achieved through deliberate exaggeration is called ….

1. metonymy

2. hyperbole

3. zeugma

4. oxymoron

20. The stylistic device presenting a combination of two semantically contradictory notions as in the example “to cry silently” is called oxymoron