VARIANT I
1. The word-stock of any given language can be roughly divided into
the following groups:
A) Literary, neutral and colloquial vocabulary
B) Literary and colloquial vocabulary
C) Only literary
D) Only colloquial
E) Neutral and colloquial
2. What do Literary words serve to satisfy?
A) communicative demands of official, scientific, poetic messages
B) non-official everyday communicative demands
C) communicative demands of official messages
D) communicative demands of poetic messages
E) communicative demands of scientific messages
3. What do colloquial words serve
to satisfy?
A) communicative demands of official, scientific, poetic messages
B) non-official everyday communicative demands
C) communicative demands of official messages
D) communicative demands of poetic messages
E) communicative demands of scientific messages
4. The biggest division of vocabulary is made up of:
A) Literary words
B) Colloquial words
C) Neutral words
D) Historical words
E) Poetic words
5. Where can we find literary words?
A) in authorial speech, descriptions, considerations
B) in the types of discourse, simulating (copying) everyday oral
communication
C) in the dialogue (or interior monologue) of a prose work.
D) In streets
E) At home
6. The main source of synonymy and polysemy are considered to be
A) Colloquial words
B) Neutral words
C) Literary words
D) Neutral and common literary words
E) Neutral and common colloquial words.
7. What two major subgroups constitute special literary words?
A) Terms and archaisms
B) Slang and jargonisms
C) Professionalisms and jargons
D) Argo and slang
E) Dialectisms and foreignisms
8. Terms are:
A) antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) archaic words with the fixed sphere of usage in poetry and
elevated prose and with the function of imbuing the work of art with a lofty
poetic colouring
D) archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
E) words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science,
humanities, technique
9. Archaisms are:
A) words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science,
humanities, technique
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) words, used by most speakers in very informal communication,
highly emotive and expressive
D) words, used by limited groups of people
E) barbarisms and foreign words
10. Historical words are...
A) antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) archaic words with the fixed sphere of usage in poetry and
elevated prose and with the function of imbuing the work of art with a lofty
poetic colouring
D) archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
E) barbarisms and foreign words
11. "These are expletives and swear words which are of an
abusive character, obscene word like "damn", "bloody"
etc". The given definition is appropriate for
A) Jargon words
B) Colloquial coinages
C) Borrowed words
D) Vulgar words
E) Barbarisms
12. Obsolete words are the words which:
A) have already gone completely out of use but are still
recognized by the English-speaking community: e.g. methinks^it seems to me);
nay(=no).
B) are no longer recognizable in modern English, words that were
in use in Old English and which have either dropped out of the language
entirely or have changed their in their appearance so much that they have
become unrecognizable, e.g. troth(=faith), a losel(=a worthless, lazy fellow)
C) are in the beginning of the aging process when the word
becomes rarely used, i.e. they are in the stage of gradually passing out of
general use, e.g. pronouns thy, thee, thine, thouh.
D) are used exactly in Modern English Literature and which are
created by the English Contemporary Poets, thus belonging to concrete style of
the concrete author, e.g. hateships, weatherology.
E) are generally defined as "a new word or a new meaning
for an established word".
13. "it is a recognized term for a group of words that exists
in almost every language and whose aim is to preserve secrecy within one or
another social group. These are generally old words with entirely new meanings
imposed on them". The given definition is appropriate for:
A) Jargon-isms
B) Barbarisms
C) Vulgarism
D) Terminology
E) Professionalisms
14. Morphological or partial archaisms are...
A) antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) archaic words with the fixed sphere of usage in poetry and
elevated prose and with the function of imbuing the work of art with a lofty
poetic colouring
D) archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
E) barbarisms and foreign words
15. Obsolescent words are the words which:
A) have already gone completely out of use but are still
recognized by the English-speaking community: e.g. methinks{—\X seems to
me); nay{~no).
B) are no longer recognizable in modern English, words that were
in use in Old English and which have either dropped out of the language
entirely or have changed their in their appearance so much that they have
become unrecognizable, e.g. troth(=faith), a losel(—a worthless, lazy
fellow)
C) are in the beginning of the aging process when the word
becomes rarely used, i.e. they are in the stage of gradually passing out of
general use, e.g. pronouns thy, thee, thine, thouh
D) are used exactly in Modern English Literature and which are
created by the English Contemporary Poets, thus belonging to concrete style of
the concrete author, e.g. hateships, weatherology.
E) are generally defined as "a new word or a new meaning
for an established word".
16. Archaism proper are...
A) antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) archaic words with the fixed sphere of usage in poetry and
elevated prose and with the function of imbuing the work of art with a lofty
poetic colouring
D) archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
E) barbarisms and foreign words
17. "These are the words of foreign origin which have not
been entirely been assimilated into the English language. They bear the
appearance of a borrowing and are left as something alien to the native
tongue".
The given definition is appropriate for
A) Jargonisms
B) Vulgarisms
C) Barbarisms and foreignism
D) Archaic, obsolescent and obsolete words
E) Dialectal words.
18. Slang is:
A) words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science,
humanities, technique
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) words, used by most speakers in very informal
communication, highly emotive and expressive
D) words, used by limited groups of people
E) barbarisms and foreign words
19. Jargonisms are:
A) words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science,
humanities, technique
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) words, used by most speakers in very informal
communication, highly emotive and expressive
D) words, used by limited groups of people
E) barbarisms and foreign words
20. Professionalisms are:
A) words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science,
humanities, technique
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) words, used by most speakers in very informal
communication, highly emotive and expressive
D) words, used by limited groups of people, united professionally
E) barbarisms and foreign words
21. Archaisms are:
A) words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science,
humanities, technique
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) words, used by most speakers in very informal
communication, highly emotive and expressive
D) words, used by limited groups of people, united socially
E) barbarisms and foreign words
22. Vulgarisms are:
A) coarse words with a strong emotive meaning, mostly derogatory,
normally avoided in polite conversation
B) words denoting objects, processes, phenomena of science,
humanities, technique
C) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
D) words, used by most speakers in very informal communication,
highly emotive and expressive
E) words, used by limited groups of people
23. Dialectal words are:
A) normative and devoid of any stylistic meaning in regional
dialects, but used outside of them,
carry a strong flavour of the locality
where they belong
B) words denoting such concepts and
phenomena that have gone out of use in modern times
C) words, used by most speakers in very informal
communication, highly emotive and expressive
D) words, used by limited groups of people
E) barbarisms and foreign words
24. In the USA the following dialectal varieties are
distinguished:
A) New England, Southern and Midwestern (Central, Midland)
B) Northern and Southern
C) Eastern and Western
D) Northern, Southern and Eastern
E) Northern, Southern and Western
25. In Great Britain four major dialects are distinguished:
A) Lowland Scotch. Northern, Midland (Central) and Southern
B) Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western
C) New England, Southern, Northern and Midwestern
D) Highland. Northern, Southern and Western
E) New England, Southern, Eastern and Midwestern
26. Poetic and Highly literary words belong to_______layer
A) Neutral
B) Colloquial
C) Literary
D) Both Colloquial and Literary
E) Both Neutral and Colloquial
27. The actual situation of the communication has evolved two
varieties of language:
A) Monological and dialogical varieties of language
B) The language of gestures and body
C) The spoken and written varieties
D) Syntactical and lexical varieties of language
E) Phonetic and morphological varieties
28. Poetic words are...
A) antiquated or obsolete words replaced by new ones
B) words denoting such concepts and phenomena that have gone out
of use in modern times
C) archaic words with the fixed sphere of
usage in poetry and elevated prose and with the
function of imbuing the work of art with a lofty poetic colouring
D) archaic forms of otherwise non-archaic words
E) barbarisms and foreign words
29. Syntactical stylistic devices are...
A) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings
regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
B) SD based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings
regardless of their semantics
C) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings
accompanied by fixed syntactical organization of employed lexical units
D) SD based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of
the language
E) SD based on the opposition of meanings of phonological elements
of the language
30. Lexical stylistic devices are...
A) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings
regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
B) SD based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings
regardless of their semantics
C) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings accompanied
by fixed syntactical organization of employed lexical units
D) SD based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of
the language
A) SD based on the opposition of meanings of phonological elements
of the language
VARIANT II
1. Phonetical stylistic means are ...
A) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings
regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
B) SD based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings
regardless of their semantics
C) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings
accompanied by fixed syntactical organization of employed lexical units
D) SD based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of
the language
E) SD based on the opposition of meanings of phonological
elements of the language
2. The irony is ...
A) The stylistic device based on simultaneous realization of two
logical meanings - dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in
opposition to each other.
B) A combination of two words in which the meaning of the two
clash, being opposite in sense.
C) The stylistic device based on the interplay between the
logical and nominal meanings of a word.
D) Is a word phrase used to replace an unpleasant word or
expression by a conventionally more acceptable one.
E) The stylistic device based on the interaction of two well-known
meanings of a word or
phrase.
3. Alliteration is:
A) A phonetic stylistic device which aims at impacting
melodic effect to the utterance. The essence of this device lies in the
repetition of similar sounds, in particular consonants sounds.
B) A combination of speech-sounds which aims at imitating
sounds produced in nature (wind, sea, thunder, etc.), by things (machines or
tools, etc.), by people (sighing, laughter, etc.), and by animals.
C) A repetition of identical or similar terminal sound
combination of words.
D) A phonetic stylistic device based on the combination of
the ideal metrical scheme and the variations of it, variations which are
governed by the standard.
E) The stylistic device based on the interplay between the
logical and nominal meanings of a word.
4. Define the type of transference in "foot of a bed"
A) metaphor
B) synonymy
C) antonymy
D) metonymy
E) homonymy
5. Expressive means of a language are:
A) The conscious and intentional intensification of some
typical, structural and semantic property of a language unit promoted to a
generalized status and thus becoming a generative model
B) Those phonetic, morphological, word-building, lexical,
phraseological and syntactical forms existing in a language as-a-system for the
purpose of logical and emotional intensification of the utterances.
C) The systems of interrelated language means that serves a
definite aim in communication
D) a unique combination of language units (expressive means and
stylistic devices) peculiar to a given writer, which makes that writer's works
or even utterances easily recognizable
E) Linguo-stylistics, a branch of general linguistics
6. Lexico-syntactical stylistic devices are:
A) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings
regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
B) SD based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings
regardless of their semantics
C) SD based on the binary opposition of
lexical meanings accompanied by fixed syntactical organization of employed
lexical units
D) SD based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of
the language
E) SD based on the opposition of meanings of phonological elements
of the language
7. Find simile in the sentences:
A) She was a teacher
B) I like darkness so much
C) I like chocolate
D) She was like a beautiful exotic flower
E) I like little stones very much
8. Find metonymy in the sentences:
A) I translate an article
B) I read a lot of books
C) I like ice-cream
D) I book a set in the theatre
E) I never read Balzac.
9. Stylistic device of language is:
A) The conscious and intentional intensification of some
typical, structural and semantic property of a language unit (neutral or
expressive) promoted to a generalized status and thus becoming a generative
model.
B) Those phonetic, morphological, word-building, lexical,
phraseological and syntactical forms existing in a language as-a-system for the
purpose of logical and emotional intensification of the utterances.
C) The systems of interrelated language means that serves a
definite aim in communication
D) Is a unique combination of language units (expressive
means and stylistic devices) peculiar
to a given writer, which makes that writer's works or even
utterances easily recognizable
E) Linguo-stylistics, a branch of general linguistics
10. Graphical stylistic means are:
A) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings
regardless of the syntactical organization of the utterance
B) SD based on the binary opposition of syntactical meanings
regardless of their semantics
C) SD based on the binary opposition of lexical meanings
accompanied by fixed syntactical organization of employed lexical units
D) SD based on the opposition of meanings of graphical elements of
the language
E) SD based on the opposition of meanings of phonological
elements of the language
11. What is onomatopoeia?
A) the repetition of consonants, usually-in the beginning of
words
B) the use of words whose sounds imitate those of the signified
object or action
C) the stylistic device based on simultaneous realization of two
logical meanings - dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in
opposition to each other.
D) a combination of two words in which the meaning of the two
clash, being opposite in sense.
E) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
12. What is alliteration?
A) the repetition of consonants, usually-in the beginning of
words
B) the use of words whose sounds imitate those of the signified
object or action
C) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
D) The stylistic device based on simultaneous realization of two
logical meanings - dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in
opposition to each other.
E) A combination of two words in which the meaning of the two
clash, being opposite in sense.
13. What is assonance?
A) the repetition of consonants, usually-in the beginning of
words
B) the use of words whose sounds imitate those of the signified
object or action
C) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
D) The stylistic device based on simultaneous realization of two
logical meanings - dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in
opposition to each other.
E) A combination of two words in which the meaning of the two
clash, being opposite in sense
14. Such words as "hiss", "bowwow", "murmur",
"bump", "grumble", "sizzle" and many more are
examples of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
15. What two phonetic stylistic devices may produce the effect of euphony
or cacophony?
A) Assonance and Alliteration
B) Capitalization and Multiplication
C) Onomatopoeia and Assonance
D) Metaphor and Metonymy
E) Irony and Epithet
16. What is euphony?
A) a sense of ease and comfort in pronouncing or hearing
B) a sense of strain and discomfort in pronouncing or
hearing
C) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
D) The stylistic device based on simultaneous realization of two
logical meanings - dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in
opposition to each other.
E) A combination of two words in which the meaning of the two
clash, being opposite in sense
17. What is cacophony?
A) a sense of ease and comfort in pronouncing or hearing
B) a sense of strain and discomfort in pronouncing or
hearing
C) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
D) The stylistic device based on simultaneous realization of two
logical meanings - dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in
opposition to each other.
E) A combination of two words in which the meaning of the two
clash, being opposite in sense
18. As an example of_________the famous lines of E.A. Рое may serve:
...silken sad uncertain
rustling of each purple curtain...
A) Metaphor
B) Metonymy
C) Irony
D) Euphony
E) Cacophony
19. An example of________is provided by the unspeakable
combination of sounds found
in R. Browning: Nor soul helps flesh now more than flesh helps
soul.
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Euphony
E) Cacophony
20. The given definition:
"intentional violation of the graphical shape of a word (or word
combination) used to reflect its authentic pronunciation" is true for:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Graphon
E) Metonymy
21. What is an effective way of supplying information about the
speaker's origin, social and educational background, physical or emotional
condition, etc?
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Graphon
E) Metonymy
22. What does graphon indicate?
A) Standard pronunciation
B) irregularities or carelessness of pronunciation
C) the use of words whose sounds imitate those of the signified
object or action
D) the repetition of consonants, usually-in the beginning of
words
E) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
23. The words "sellybrated" (celebrated),
"bennyviolent" (benevolent), "illygitmit"
(illegitimate), "jewinile" (juvenile) are examples of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Graphon
E) Metonymy
24. The following "gimme" (give me), "lemme"
(let me), "gonna" (going to), "gotta" (got to) are examples
of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Graphon
E) Metonymy
25. То purely graphical means, not
involving the violations, we should refer:
A) Italics
B) Capitalization
C) Hyphenation
D) Multiplication
E) All the above-mentioned means
26. The following phrase "А1Ш1 aboarrrrrd" is an
example of:
A) Italics
B) Capitalization
C) Hyphenation
D) Multiplication
E) Metaphor
27. The following phrase: "Help. Help. HELP." is an
example of:
A) Italics
B) Capitalization
C) Hyphenation
D) Multiplication
E) Metaphor
28. The following phrase: "grinning like a chim-pan-zee"
is an example of:
A) Italics
B) Capitalization
C) Hyphenation
D) Multiplication
E) Alliteration
29. The following phrase: "Streaked by a quarter moon, the
Mediterranean shushed gently into the beach" is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Irony
E) Hyperbole
30. The following phrase: "He
swallowed the hint with a gulp and a gasp and a grin" is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
VARIANT III
1. The following phrase: "Then, with an enormous, shattering
rumble, sludge-puff, sludge-puff, the train came into the station." is an
example of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
2. State the type of the following graphical expressive means:
Piglet, sitting in the running Kanga's pocket, substituting the
kidnapped Roo, thinks:
this shall take
"If is I never to
flying really it." (M.)
A) Italics
B) Capitalization
C) Hyphenation
D) Multiplication
E) Spacing of lines
3. How can we also call a stylistic device (SD)?
A) a trope
B) a functional style
C) expressive means
D) transference
E) jargonism
4. Substitution of the existing names approved by long usage and
fixed in dictionaries by new, occasional, individual ones is ...
A) a trope
B) a functional style
C) expressive means
D) transference
E) stylistic device
5. What is a metaphor?
A) transference of names based on the associated likeness between
two objects
B) likeness between inanimate and animate objects
C) a sense of ease and comfort in pronouncing or hearing
D) a sense of strain and discomfort in pronouncing or
hearing
E) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
6. What is a personification?
A) likeness between inanimate and animate objects
B) transference of names based on the associated likeness between
two objects
C) a sense of ease and comfort in pronouncing or hearing
D) a sense of strain and discomfort in pronouncing or
hearing
E) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
7. In "the face of London", or "the pain of the
ocean" we deal with ...
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Personification
E) Metonymy
8. Such words as the "pancake", or "ball", or
"volcano" for the "sun"; "silver dust",
"sequins" for "stars"; "vault",
"blanket", "veil" for the "sky" are the examples
of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
9. Metaphor can be expressed by:
A) all notional parts of speech
B) only verbs
C) only adjectives
D) only nouns
E) only asdverbs
10. A group of metaphors, each supplying another feature of the
described phenomenon, creates ...
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) A sustained (prolonged) metaphor
E) Metonymy
11. What lexical SD is based on contiguity (nearness) of objects
or phenomena?
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
12. Which lexical SD is based on the relations between a part and
the whole?
A) Assonance
B) Synecdoche
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
13. The conversational cliche "Will you have another
cup?" is a case of...
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
14. In the following abstract "She wanted to have a lot of
children, and she was glad that things were that way, that the Church approved.
Then the little girl died. Nancy broke with Rome the day her baby died. It was
a secret break, but no Catholic breaks with Rome casually." We can find
the examples of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
15. The following phrase ""Some remarkable pictures in
this room, gentlemen. A Holbein, two Van Dycks and if I am not mistaken, a
Velasquez. I am interested in pictures."" is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
16. The following phrase "You have nobody to blame but
yourself. The saddest words of tongue or pen." is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
17. The following phrase "He made his way through the perfume
and conversation" is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
18. The following phrase "His mind was alert and people asked
him to dinner not for old times' sake, but because he was worth his salt."
is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
19. Which lexical SD is also referred as paronomasia?
A) Pun
B) Zeugma
C) Metaphor
D) Metonymy
E) violation of phraseological units
20. What is pun?
A) transference of names based on the associated likeness between
two objects
B) a sense of ease and comfort in pronouncing or hearing
C) a sense of strain and discomfort in pronouncing or hearing
D) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed
syllables
E) the simultaneous realization of two meanings
21. The following phrase ""There comes a period in every
man's life, but she is just a semicolon in his."" is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Pun
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
22. The following phrase "He took his hat and his leave"
is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Zeugma
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
23. The following phrase "She went home, in a flood of tears
and a sedan chair" is an example of:
A) Assonance
B) Zeugma
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
24. Combination of
polysemantic verbs with nouns of most varying semantic groups,which are not
connected semantically, is called:
A) Assonance
B) Zeugma
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
25. When the number of homogeneous members, semantically
disconnected, but attached to the same verb, increases, we deal with...
A) Semantically false chains
B) Zeugma
C) Pun
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
26. The following case "A Governess wanted. Must possess
knowledge of Romanian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, German, Music and Mining
Engineering." from S. Leacock may serve an example of:
A) Semantically false chains
B) Zeugma
C) Pun
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
27. Zeugma restores the literal original meaning of the word,
which also occurs in ...
A) Semantically false chains
B) Violation of phraseological units
C) Pun
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
28. The following phrase "Little Jon was born with a silver spoon
in his mouth which was rather curly and large" is an example of:
A) Semantically false chains
B) Violation of phraseological units
C) Pun
D) Metaphor
E) Metonymy
29. Which stylistic device rests on the extension of syntactical
valency and results in joining two semantically disconnected clauses into one
sentence?
A) Semantically false chains
B) Violation of phraseological units
C) Pun
D) Nonsense of non-sequence
E) Metonymy
30. The following phrase "Emperor Nero played the fiddle, so
they burnt Rome." is an example of:
A) Semantically false chains
B) Violation of phraseological units
C) Pun
D) Nonsense of non-sequence
E) Metonymy
Ответы
на тесты по стилистике английского языка
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Variant
I
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Variant
II
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Variant
III
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1
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A
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1
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E
|
1
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C
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2
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A
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2
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A
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2
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E
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3
|
B
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3
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A
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3
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A
|
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4
|
C
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4
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D
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4
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D
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5
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A
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5
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B
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5
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A
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6
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B
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6
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C
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6
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A
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7
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A
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7
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D
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7
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D
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8
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E
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8
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E
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8
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D
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9
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B
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9
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A
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9
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A
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10
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B
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10
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D
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10
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D
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11
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D
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11
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B
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11
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E
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12
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A
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12
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A
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12
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B
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13
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A
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13
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C
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13
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E
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14
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D
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14
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C
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14
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E
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15
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C
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15
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A
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15
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E
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16
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A
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16
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A
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16
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E
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17
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C
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17
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B
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17
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E
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18
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C
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18
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D
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18
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E
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19
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C
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19
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E
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19
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A
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20
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D
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20
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D
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20
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E
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21
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D
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21
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D
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21
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B
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22
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A
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22
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B
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22
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B
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23
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A
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23
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D
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23
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B
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24
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A
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24
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B
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24
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B
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25
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A
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25
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E
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25
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A
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26
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C
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26
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D
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26
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A
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27
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C
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27
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B
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27
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B
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28
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C
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28
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C
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28
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B
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29
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B
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29
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C
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29
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D
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30
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A
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30
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B
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30
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D
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