Government Postgraduate College Mirpur

The Department of Linguistics and English Literature

Course: Stylistics Quiz - I Semester VI
Marks: 15 Time:
Mark the statements as True or False.

1. Stylistics in an independent discipline. (True)

2. Figurative language is only used in poetry. False

3. Schemes are those figures of speech which are concerned with structure of clauses or

phrases. (True)

4. Linguistic deviation is a motivated violation of the norms of language. (True)

5. Parallelism also violates the existing laws of grammar. True

6. In narrative style of writing, facts about future are discussed. False

7. Foregrounding is only used in literature to make a piece stands out of the rest. False

8. Poetic licence is only restricted to poets. True

9. Similes and metaphors are used for comparing two similar things or ideas. False

10. Figurative language is an aesthetic pursuit. True

Sended

Fill in the blanks.

1. Understatement is used in ___Litotes________________ figure of speech.

2. Which figure of speech makes indirect comparison? _____Metaphors____________

3. Foregrounding can be achieved through ___________Parallelism and Deviation

_____________________

4. Stylistics is a bridge between ________________________Linguistics and

literature______________
5. Pedagogical stylistics is concerned with _______comprehension and

understand____________ of literature.