This document is a 35 question multiple choice test on stylistics from a university course. The test covers topics like figures of speech, literary devices, levels of style, and the goals of stylistic analysis. It provides examples and asks students to identify metaphor, metonymy, irony and other concepts. The test aims to evaluate students' understanding of key concepts and analytical skills in stylistics.
This document is a 35 question multiple choice test on stylistics from a university course. The test covers topics like figures of speech, literary devices, levels of style, and the goals of stylistic analysis. It provides examples and asks students to identify metaphor, metonymy, irony and other concepts. The test aims to evaluate students' understanding of key concepts and analytical skills in stylistics.
This document is a 35 question multiple choice test on stylistics from a university course. The test covers topics like figures of speech, literary devices, levels of style, and the goals of stylistic analysis. It provides examples and asks students to identify metaphor, metonymy, irony and other concepts. The test aims to evaluate students' understanding of key concepts and analytical skills in stylistics.
This document is a 35 question multiple choice test on stylistics from a university course. The test covers topics like figures of speech, literary devices, levels of style, and the goals of stylistic analysis. It provides examples and asks students to identify metaphor, metonymy, irony and other concepts. The test aims to evaluate students' understanding of key concepts and analytical skills in stylistics.
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ĐỀ THI KẾT THÚC HỌC PHẦN HỌC KỲ I 2021-2022
Học phần: Phong cách học Mã đề: 002
Mã học phần: 4112842 Số TC: 02 Ngày thi: 22/12/2020 Thời gian: 50 phút KHOA TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THI Ghi chú: Sinh viên làm bài thi trên phiếu trả lời
Choose A, B, C or D for your best answer
1. Which is NOT metonymy? A. The Manchester side won all its previous games. B. He is a hog. C. We will swear loyalty to the crown. D. My dear, you have all of my heart. 2. Which is NOT metonymy? A. The White House isn’t saying anything. B. He’s got a Picasso. C. He bought a Ford. D. Life is a game. 3. Napoleon in “Napoleon lost at Waterloo” can be interpreted as: A. Napoleon’s army B. Napoleon himself C. Both A & B are wrong D. A & B are right 4. Standard English is an abstraction, an ideal and ……………..which stands above all kinds of variants of English both within and without Great Britain. This ideal helps to establish more or less strict norms for all aspects of the language. A. a kind of invariant B. a kind of variant C. a rarely-used language D. an informal language 5. “Love is a journey” is ……. A. a metaphor B. a metonymy C. an idiom D. a poem 6. There are two types of lexical meanings: A. dictionary meaning and contextual meaning B. literal meaning and pragmatic meaning C. A & B are right D. A & B are wrong 7. Archaism is: A. a phenomenon in which there is the use of a outdated, obsolete word or phrase B. one example for “Fare thee well, and if forever” (Byrons) C. often used in classic poetry. D. A, B & C are right. 8. “Don’t waste the time” is .................. A metonymic expression B. a metaphoric expression C. an expression from the metaphor “time is money” D. B & C are correct 9. The trumpet in “The trumpet could not come today” means:
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A. a musical instrument B. a trumpet player used as a metonymic expression. C. a personalization D. A & C are correct. 10. Which are the cases for metonymy? A. The part for the whole B. Institution for people responsible C. Producer for product D. A, B & C are right 11. “Style can be technique of expression” means that Style depends on: A. form of language B. meaning of language C. language D. the way we use language effectively. 12. "…………….. is a flow, movement, procedure, etc., characterized by basically regular recurrence of elements or features, as beat, or accent, in alternation with opposite or different elements or features". A. Theme B. Rheme C. Rhythm D. Accent 13. …………….is a stylistic device based on the interplay of emotive and logical meaning in an attributive word, phrase, and even sentence A. The epithet B. Repetition C. Irony D. Metaphor 14. The phenomenon in which ‘one or two words used together to express certain concepts that have, or seem to have, opposite meanings, for example: “Parting is such sweet sorrow” is: A. antithesis B. oxymoron C. irony D. parallel 15. The ‘repetition’ in the following passage is at the .................. : But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chain of discrimination. A. lexical level B. phrase level C. syntactic level D. B & C are correct 16. The “repetition” in “But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity in this Nation” is .................. . A. at the syntactic level and expressed by “We refuse to believe that”. B. We refuse C. We refuse to believe that D. We 17. “He is such a loyal traitor. He fooled his best friend just for his own benefits.” “loyal traitor” is an expression of : A. metonymy B. metaphor C. irony D. oxymoron 18. Which sentence is used with hyperbole? A. This game is taking a long time. B. This helmet is hurting my chin. C. This helmet is killing me. D. A & B are right 19. “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice” contains: A. metaphor B. metonymy C. a conceptual metaphor “Life/Struggle is a Journey” D. A & B are correct
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20. …………. is verbal or written language that follows the natural flow of speech. It is the most common form of writing, used in both fiction and non-fiction A. Literature B. Prose C. Poetry D. Article 21. Which of the following cases are acronyms? A. I’ve got a new CD. B. Let me know ASAP. C. Both A & B are right D. None is right 22. The crown which refers to the royal system or government of a country is used as: A. Metonymy B. Metaphor C. Oxymoron D. Acronym 23. “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.” A. Deep, keep and sleep make the verses rhymed B. The rhythm of these verses contains the vowel and the consonant C. A & B are correct D. A, B & C are correct 24. Style refers to: A. the manner of expression in writing and speaking B. the manner of doing things C. variation in language use, whether literary or non-literary D. A & C are right 25. The kettle is boiling. A. Kettle is used as a metonymy. B. Kettle in this context is not water C. Kettle is used as a synonym of water. D. This sentence is wrong 26. ‘He drank two glasses and left.’ and ‘I managed just a cup.’ Two glasses and a cup stand for the ………. they contained A. drink B. beer C. drinking instruments D. A, B & C are wrong 27. What makes style distinctive is: A. the choice of items B. the distribution and patterning of the items. C. the selection of features for genre, form, theme. D. A, B & C are right 28. The goal of most stylistic studies: A. is not simply to describe the formal features of texts for their own sake B. shows their functional significance for the interpretation of the text C. relates literary effects to linguistic causes where these are felt to be relevant D. A, B & C are right 29. “……………. are words we use when we express our feelings strongly and which may be said exist in language as conventional symbols of human emotion”. A. Vulgarisms B. Interjections C. Dialects D. Emotions 30. The mapping of “LOVE IS A JOURNEY” metaphor has .................. : A. two domains B. one target domain and one source domain. C. an abstract target domain and a concret source domain.
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D. not any domains. 31. Stylistically, on the syntactic level there are: A. many constructions which will reveal a certain degree of logical or emotional emphasis. B. syntactic patterns which serve to intensify emotional quality. C. A & B are right D. A & B are wrong 32. Stylistically, at the lexical level there are: A. many words which due to their inner expressiveness, constituting a special layer. B. words with emotive meaning C. words which have both, referential and emotive meaning D. A, B & C are right 33. The lyrics “Thương nhau ba, bốn núi em cũng trèo Năm, sáu sông em cũng lội, bảy, tám, chín, mười đèo em cũng qua” show us: A. the metaphor LOVE IS A JOURNEY B. that the numerals ba, bốn, năm, sáu, bảy, tám, chín, mười are used NOT as mathematic numbers BUT as implicit intensification C. A & B are correct. D. A, B & C are wrong. 34. Stylistics is a branch of ………………… A. general linguistics B. pragmatics C. literature D. methodology 35. “This quickie tour doesn’t satisfy our curiosity” contains ‘quickie’ instead of ‘quick’; this is a .................. : A. morphological device B. phonetic device C. lexical device D. semantic device 36. “Mr. Smith was an extremely unpleasant person” contains “extremely”; this is a .................. : A. morphological device B. phonetic device C. syntactic device D. lexical device 37. “Never will he go to that place again” is a sentence using a…………. A. syntactic device B. lexical device C. inversion device D. A & C are correct 38. “Life’s but a walking shadow” is a sentence with a: A. metaphorical expression B. simile device C. implicature D. parallel device 39. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” is A. an idiom B. a proverb C. a metaphorical expression D. B & C are right 40. Which one is NOT proverb? A. Honesty is the best policy. B. This only happens once in a blue moon. C. Hard work never did anyone any harm. D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Teachero English Center 0936.821.022 Unit 2: City Life Practice Exercise 3 Consolidation I. Find The Word Which Has A Different Sound in The Underlined Part