ĐỀ THI KẾT THÚC HỌC PHẦN HỌC KỲ II 2022-

2023
Học phần: Stylistics Mã đề:
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1. Repetition at the begining of two or more consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases is
called ................... .
A. epiphora B. antithesis C. anaphora D. oxymoron
2. The sentence structure in the sentence,“Of the people, by the people, for the people” is an
example of:
A. Parallelism B. Personification C. Repetition D. Oxymoron
3. The sentence “I’ll love you 'til the ocean is folded and hung up to dry and the seven stars go
squawking like geese about the sky” is an example of:
A. Hyperbole B. Anaphora C. Repetition D. Metaphor
4. “Freedom is a source of energy for life” is ................
A. metaphor B. metonymy C. simile D. a poem
5. ................... is based on a different type of relation between the dictionary and contextual
meanings, a relation based not on identification, but on some kind of association connecting the
two concepts which these meanings represent. (Galperin)
A. Metaphor B. Oxymoron C. Metonymy D. Acronym
6. “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.” contains:
A. Metaphor B. Metonymy C. Repetition D. Parallel
7. ................. is a quality of language which communicates precisely emotions or thoughts, or a
system of emotions OR thoughts, peculiar to the author” (Murry)
A. Language B. Prose C. Style D. Literature
8. “................ thus refers to all the linguistic ways in which the words of a passage, across
sentences, cross-refer or link up.” (M. Toolan, 1998, p.23)
A. Style B. Coherence C. Expressive means D. Cohesion

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9. “Our relationship has hit a dead-end street” is a sentence with a:
A. metaphorical expression B. simile device
C. lexical device D. linguistic expression
10. The mapping of “LOVE IS A UNITY” metaphor has .................... .
A. two domains
B. one target domain and one source domain.
C. an abstract target domain and a concrete source domain.
D. not any domains.
11. Coherence is best defined as a .................... relation, while cohesion, as we have
noted already, is obviously a .................. relation.
A. lexical/ syntactical B. syntactical/ lexical
C. text-internal/ text-external D. text-external/ text-internal
12. “The wind lies asleep in the arms of dawn.” is an example of:
A. Simile B. Hyperbole C. Oxymoron D. Personification
13. “That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about
how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been
peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.”
How many stylistics device are there in the paragraph?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
14. “Miss Tox’s hand trembled as she slipped it through Mr. Dombey’s arm, and felt herself
escorted up the steps, preceded by a cocked hat and a Babylonian collar.” (Ch. Dickens)
“Cocked hat” and “Babylonian collar” stand for: (Linguistic Stylistics – Gabriela)
A. the hat and red collar B. the person who wears them
C. one’s personality and conspicuous features D. A & C are right
15. “It must be delightful to find oneself in a foreign country without a penny in one’s pocket.” is
an expression of:
A. antithesis B. oxymoron C. implicature D. irony
16. The most powerful expressive means of any language are …………………….
A. Speech B. Utterance C. Phonetic D. Style
17. ……………… is a stylistic device also based on the simultaneous realisation of two logical
meanings, dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in opposition to each other.

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A. Oxymoron B. Zeugma C. Pun D. Irony
18. “Come on!, Bless me!, Gosh!, Amazing!, Oh!” are examples of:
A. Interjections B. Exclamatory words C. A & B are wrong D. A & B are right
19. In the lyric: “You shoot me down, but I won’t fall. I am titanium” (Titanium by David Guetta
ft. Sia), “titanium” means:
A. A person who is strong and not easy to lose
B. Kind of metal that’s silver in colour
C. A &B are right
D. A & B are right
20. What kind of stylistic devices of the word “tongue” and its meaning in this sentence: “I can’t
understand them, they speak in mother tongue”.
A. Metaphor, mean the language
B. Metaphor, mean that using the part of the body to speak
C. Metonymy, mean the language
D. Metonymy, mean that using the part of the body to speak
21. “Rhetoric questions used in …………………… speech express various feelings, emotions or a
particular state of mind of a speaker. The more intense the feelings of a speaker are the more
repetitions, gradations and exaggerations are used.
A. Colloquial B. Informal C. Conversational D. A, B, C are right
22. “Among syntactic stylistic devices there are two in which this transference of structural
meaning is to be seen. They are …………………………….”
A. Rhetoric questions and question-in-the-narrative
B. Repetition and Litotes
C. A & B are right
D. A & B are wrong
23. “Metaphor arises from the interplay between the ……………………and contextual logical
meanings”.
A. Semantic B. Dictionary C. Literal D. Abstract
24. The mapping of “Her mouth was a fountain of delight.” —The Storm, Kate Chopin metaphor
has:
A. Two domains

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B. One target domain and one source domain
C. A & B are right
D. A & B are wrong
25. Which sentence is using metaphor:
A. Exhaustion is a thin blanket tattered with bullet holes.
B. She is dancing like a real dancer.
C. Who doesn’t love pizza?
D. Oh dear!
26. ………………………is a word or phrase used to replace an unpleasant word or expression
with a conventionally more acceptable one.
A. Hyperbole B. Euphemisms C. Periphrasis D. Simile
27. Which speech have parallel construction?
A. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons
of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.... I have a
dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
colour of their skin...”
B. The report card stated that the student often talked in class, that he bullied other students,
and that he rarely finished his homework.
C. Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
D. A & B are right
28. Paralanguage is
A. often regarded as a non-verbal, but vocal system, with prosodic features such as pitch and
loudness.
B. include prosodic features and also other non-vocal signs like facial expressions and gestures.
C. significantly interacts with language in spoken discourse.
D. A, B and C are right.
29. What is metonymy?
A. A different type of relationship between the dictionary and contextual logical meanings. (
Galperin, ibid., p. 140)
B. A relationship based on some kind of association connecting the two concepts which these
meanings represent. (Galperin, ibid., p. 140)

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C. A&B are correct
D. A&B are incorrect
30. A man looked out the window to see a hail storm, thunder and lightning. He turned to his
friend and said, "This is wonderful weather we're having!"
"This is wonderful weather we're having!" is an expression of:
A. situational irony B. dramatic irony C. verbal irony D. none of the above
31. ‘Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary
legatee, his sole friend and his sole mourner.’ (Ch. Dickens)
“his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend
and his sole mourner.” is an expression of:
A. Enumeration B. Climax C. Anadiplosis D. Repetition
32. Which is NOT the type of figures of speech in style?
A. oxymoron B. metonymy C. hyperbole D. paralanguage
33. What part of ‘Well, Mr. Weller, says the gentleman, you’re a very good whip and can do what
you like with your horses, we know. (Ch. Dickens) ’ is metonymic?
A. says the gentleman B. you’re very good whip
C. can do what you like D. with your horses
34. ………….. of the spoken language are perhaps not so striking as the lexical ones, but more
than any other features they reveal the true nature of the spoken variety of language.
A. The syntactic peculiarities B. The phonetic expressions
C. expressive means D. None of A,B,or C is correct
35. …………… is a combination of two words, mostly an adjective and a noun or an adverb with
an adjective, in which the meanings of the two clash, being opposite in sense
A. Irony B. Oxymoron C. Epithet D. Simile
36. “Life is a highway” is …………………
A. a metonymy B. an idiom C. a poem D. metaphor
37. Which of the following cases are acronyms?
A. NASA has a huge catalog of creepy sonifications B. They are DIY enthusiasts
C. Both A & B are correct D. Both A & B are incorrect
38. The relationship between dictionary and contextual logical meanings can be based on
…………….

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A. the principle of affinity or proximity B. the principle of symbol – referent relation
C. the principle of opposition D. A,B & C are right
39. ………… is a stylistic device based on the interaction of two well-known meanings of a word
A. The epithet B. The pun C. The Zeugma D. The polysemy
40. ………….. are mainly adjectives, adverbs and numerals. They are mainly used to modify
nouns and verbs, and to express qualities (number or amount) of persons, things and processes.
A. Qualifying lexis B. Grammatical lexis
C. Historically marked lexis D. Basic lexis