STYLISTICS- EXAM

7001235(2210E)

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STYLISTICS EXAM 7001235(2210E

#1st

Open questions:
1. What aspects does stylistics cover?
2.What does term style apply to?

Definitions:
1.stylus
2.phonology
3.morphology
4. syntax
5.lexicology

#2
Open questions:

1.Discuss about the origin and development of the English

language.
2.What are two varieties of the language.
3.What are three types of lexical meaning?
4.Discuss about logical meaning.
5.Discuss about emotive meaning.
6.Discuss about nominal meaning.

Definitions:

1.Historical present
2. denotative meaning
3.connotative meaning

ASSAY:
Outline of the development of the English literary language

#3
Open questions:

1. What are the main constituent parts of ‘Special Literary’

vocabulary
2. Distinguish three stages in the aging process of words?
3. Define the term ‘Barbarisms’.
4. Define the term ‘Foreign Words’

Definitions:

1.standard English vocabulary

2.highly literary words
3.archaic words
4. literary words
5.neutral words
6.colloquial words

Assay:
Special literary vocabulary
#4
Open questions:
1. Define the term ‘slang’ according to different dictionaries.
Give examples.
2. Discuss ‘Jargon’ as a special group within non-literary layer
of words.

Definitions:
1.cockney dialect
2.informal language
3.nadsad

Assay:
Special colloquial vocabulary

#5
Open questions:

1. What does the word ’professionalism’ signify?

2. Speak about the stylistic functions of dialectical words.
3. What is the term ‘vulgarism’ used for?

Definitions:

1.standard dialect
2.nonstandard dialect
3.obscene
4.coarse
Assay:

Professionals, dialectical words, vulgar words

#6
Open questions:

1. Discuss about phonetic stylistic device- alliteration.

2.What kind of stylistic device is onomatopoea
3. Define rhyme as an organizer of the verse.
4. Analyze major points referring rhythm.
5. Give example of the powerful phonetic expressive means.
6.Define metre and the commonest patterns of the English verse.

Definitions:

1. Onomatopoeia
2. Stanza
3. Couplet
4. Rhythm
Assay:

Phonetic expressive means

#7
Open questions:

1. Discuss about metaphor

2. Discuss about metonymy
3. Discuss about irony
4. Discuss about polysemy ,zeugma.
 Definitions:
1.pun
2.epithet
3.oxymoron
4.interjection
5.exclamatory words
Assay:
Interaction of dictionary and contextual meaning

#8
Open questions:

1. Discuss on figure of speech – Simile as intensification of a certain feature

of a thing or phenomenon.
2.Analyze periphrasis as a roundabout way of speaking.
3.Discuss Euphemism as a variety of periphrasis
4. Discuss figure of speech Hyperbole. Give examples.

Definitions:
1.cliche
2. proverbs
3. sayings
4.epigrams
5.idioms

Assay:

Intensification of a certain feature of a thing

#9
Open questions:

1. Define the term of paragraph.

2. What is the aim of stylistic inversion?
 3. Speak about parallel construction.

Definitions:
1.topic sentence
2.inverted word order

Assay:
Syntactical expressive means

#10

open questions:

Discuss repetition in poetry and prose. Give examples.

1. Give illustration of stylistic device – enumeration.
2. Give example of antithesis and analyze it.
3. Discuss about elements of fiction.
Definitions:
1. anaphora
2.epiphora
3.plot
4.protagonist
5.antagonist
6.climax

Assay:
Syntactical expressive means and stylistic devices
#11

open questions:

1. Discuss about peculiar use of colloquial construction - Ellipses.

2. Discuss about particular ways of combining parts of the

utterance – Asyndeton.
3.Discuss particular way of combining parts of the utterance –
Polysyndeton.
4.Discuss a special syntactical stylistic device, rhetorical questions.
5.Define transferred use of structural meaning - a peculiar use of a
negative constructions – Litotes.

Definitions:
1. parataxis
2. hypotaxis
3. ellipsis

Assay:

Particular ways of combining parts of the utterance

#12

open questions:

1. Discuss about publicist style-oratory and speeches.

2. Discuss about the varieties of publicist style-the essay and articles.
3. Discuss about peculiar use of newspaper style- basic newspaper features.
4. Define the main function of the headlines.
5. Define the function of advertisements and announcements.
6. Discuss about the style of official documents
Definitions:

1. verse
2.metre
3. belles-lettres style

Assay;
Functional styles of the English language