Sumulong College of Arts and Sciences

Antipolo, City
Final Examination
Introduction to Stylistics
2pts each (100pts)
1.In linguistics, it is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a
particular social setting.
a. creole
b. dialect
c. register
d. archetype
2.It refers to a single, related chunk of lines in poetry which forms one
particular faction in poetry.
a. setting
b. foot
c. stanza
d. rhythm
3.Still waters run (deep).
a. Preposition
b. Conjunction
c. Adverb
d. Adjective
4.It is a language developed by mixing the vocabulary and grammar of other
languages.
a. creole
b. basilect
c. masolect
d. acrolect
5.It is an intermediate dialect or a variety of language lower than the high
prestige acrolect.
a. masolect
b. creole
c. basilect
d. aclolect
6.As an art of creating dialogues, it further deals with the study of the methods
of persuasion.
a. poetics
b. rhetoric
c. dialectics
d. semantics
7.It is a modern verse without any formal structure; without systematic
regularity in rhythm and in rhyme.
a. nursery rhyme
b. free verse
c. blank verse
d. diamond verse
8.I t is a style in spoken English which requires private vocabulary and
emphasis on intonation more than wording or grammar.
a. formal
b. informal
c. intimate
d. casual
9.In a traditional line of metered poetry, it is the rhythmical unit bearing the
strong and weak syllables.
a. poetical foot
b. poetic line
c. meter
d. rhyme schme
10.It is a language style common among friends, that involves the usual use of
ellipsis and slangs
a. casual
b. formal
c. Informal
d. intimate
11.’The flowers danced in the breeze’ is an example of which stylistic device?
a. simile
b. hyperbole
c. personification
d. metaphor
12.The water was so cold, I saw fish wearing jackets’ is an example of _____.
a. metaphor
b. hyperbole
c. simile
d. personification
13.The reference to a concept, a person or an object that has served as a
prototype of its kind and is the original idea that has come to be used over and
over again.
a. archetype
b. Intrusion
c. caesure
d. aphorism
14.It is evident in a literary piece through the use of words or phrases to create
mental images for the reader.
a. palaplorism
b. Imagery
c. rhyme scheme
d. exposition
15.It examines oral and written texts in order to determine crucial characteristic
linguistic properties, structure, and patterns influencing perception of the text.
a. stylistics
b. linguistics
c. literary criticism
d. semantics
16.It is the systematic study of human speech including the units, nature,
structure, and its modification.
a. stylistics
b. linguistics
c. morphology
d. phonetics
17.It is termed as an artistically motivated deviation.
a. literature
b. defamiliarization
c. foregroundiing
d. estrangement
18.It is a branch of linguistics that studies the nature and organization of the
meanings conveyed by language.
a. phonology
b. semantics
c. morphology
d. phonetics
19.In clause syntax, it is anything that adds to the meaning of the subject or
object.
a. object
b. complement
c. determiner
d. indirect object
20.It is phrase formed from the head, a preposition, followed by a noun phrase.
a. preposition phrase
b. noun phrase
c. adverb phrase
d. verb phrase
21.In what sphere do we use official style?
a. editorial (leading article)
b. establishment of norms
c. literary conversational style
d. fields of science
22.Are autobiographies related to official style?
a. yes
b. No
c.
d.
23.Find substyles of official style?
a. Poetry, Drama, Prose
b. Reviews, Annotationa, Thesis
c. Instructions, References
d. Reportage, Interview
24.what is the aim of communication in official style?
a. agreement b/w parties
b. intresting dialogue
c. exert influence public opinion
d. educate people
25.Which of them is not oxymoron:
a. open secret
b. Noisy silence
c. amazing street
d. virtual reality
26.Find oxymoron:
a. nasty blonde
b. adult childhood
c. painful suffering
d. dark blue
27.”I could sleep for a year”:
a. metaphor
b. hyperbole
c. metonymy
d. litotes
28.Repetition of several successive conjunctions:
a. polysyndeton
b. parallelism
c. pun
d. asyndeton
29.Which of them is not a characteristic feature of colloquial stylе:
a. idiomatic expression
b. informality
c. emotionless
d. ellipsis
30.what style does not require emotive words?
a. official document style
b. newspaper style
c. belles-lettres
d. scientific style
31.Colloquial style includes:
a. literary words
b. profanities
c. allegory
d. stylistic devices
32.what effect does the usage of colloquial style in books?
a. realistic
b. bookish
c. literary
d. authentic
33.Style of official documents
a. brief news
b. legal document
c. business document
d. advertisment
34.What is the main function of colloquial style?
a. communication
b. aesthetic function
c. producing function
d. rational cognition
35.What is the word “MATE” means?
a. friend
b. scientific word
c. kind of animal
d. tool
36.What is “TABOO”?
a. obscene word
b. fixed expressions
c. special words
d. scientific words
37.What is the main funcrion of official style?
a. public relations
b. aesthetic function
c. manipulative
d. communication
38.What does lexical mean?
a. morphology
b. vocabulary
c. grammar
d. tenses
39.What does contextual mean?
a. pragmatics
b. phonology
c. phonetics
d. semantics
40.simile and mataphor are similar in comparative sense?
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
41.Stylistic levels are used to analyse:
a. formal style
b. informal style
c. literary style
d. style
42.Hyperbole and exaggeration have similar meaning:
a. yes
b. NO
c.
d.
43.Bees buzz in the breeze’ is an example of which stylistic device?
a. alliteration
b. consonance
c. assonance
d. anomatoepoe
44.Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?
a. phoneme
b. morpheme
c. word
d. syntax
45.Which of the following definition is consistent with discourse?
a. beyond the level of sentence
b. put words togather
c. meaning
d. unit of speech
46.Which of the following was the first stage of modern psycholinguistics?
a. behaviorism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. cognitive period
47.Who was the main contributor to the linguistic period?
a. Ferdinand de saussure
b. Pieget
c. Wundt
d. Chomsky
48.What is a lemma?
a. type of morpheme
b. type of phoneme
c. phonological representation
d. type of semantic
49.What is the correct name for a physical plan of movement of the vocal tract?
a. vocal map
b. vocal scheme
c. lemma
d. taciscope
50.stylistics is also a sub type of literary criticism?
a. yes
b. no