The disyllabic foot in which the stress is upon the second syllable is called

a) Climax;

b) Anticlimax;

c) Enumeration.

Asyndeton is   

a) the deliberate omission of the pronominal connective creating a blend of the main and the subordinate clauses;

b) the deliberate omission of the connective where it is generally expected to be according to the norms of the literary language;

c) the repeated use of conjunctions.

A stressed vowel is followed by the same sounds in

a) assonance;

b) perfect rhyme;

c) alliteration.

Anaphora is

a) the repetition of the same word or words at the end of two or more successiveclauses or sentences;                                        

b) the repetition of the same unit both at the beginning and at the end of the utterance;

C) the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences.

The three-syllabic foot in which the stress is upon the second syllable is called

a) anapest;

b) dactyl;

c) amphibrach.

11. Graphon is used to reflect                                                                                                      a) the authentic pronunciation of words;                                                                                     b) to imitate sounds produced in nature;                                                                                     c) to achieve a melodic and rhythmic effect.

12. Fill in the gap: ______is used to create the second plane, or background, to the narrative, to reproduce two parallel lines of thought.

a) Detachment;

b) Parenthesis;

c) Syntactic tautology.

13. Fill in the gap: _______ is a combination of sounds the aim of which is to make the sound of the utterance an echo of its sense.

a) Indirect onomatopoeia;

b) Alliteration;

c) Direct onomatopoeia.

If we can indicate the exact word in whose meaning there is contradiction between the said and the implied, this type of irony is called

a) stylistic irony;

b) verbal irony;

c) sustained irony.

Meiosis is

a) overstatement;

b) understatement;

c) play on words.

Intentional treating idioms as if they were word combinations (or single words) used in their primary sense results in the formation of

a) zeugma;

b) pun;

c) anticlimax.

17. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of objector idea is used instead of another to suggest likeness or analogy between them is called:      

a) metonymy;

b) epithet;

C) metaphor.

18. Fill in the gap: ______ is the repetition of the general scheme of a sentence, by means of the pronominal subject and an auxiliary or modal verb, representing the predicate of the main sentence.

a) Syntactic tautology;

b) Emphatic construction;

c) Catch repetition.

Belles-lettres style is known for

a) its precision and logical cohesion;

b) its imagery;

c) absence of ambiguity.

20.Fill in the gap:_________ is a confrontation of two separate phrases (sentences or even paragraphs) of opposite meaning.

a) Oxymoron;

b) Antithesis;

c) Anticlimax.

The stylistic device based on peculiar use of negative constructions is called

a)chiasmus;

b) meiosis;

C) litotes.

Aesthetical-cognitive” function distinguishes

a) Belles-Lettres style;

b) Publicistic style;

c) Scientific style.

Archaisms are included into the group of

a) neutral words;

b) elevated (literary) words;

c) degraded (colloquial) words.

The stylistic device which is often used in fables and parables for didactic purposes is called

a) metaphor;

b) periphrasis;

C) allegory.

Parenthesis is based on

a) redundancy of syntactical elements;

b) the absence of elements which are obligatory in a neutral construction;

c) change of fixed word order.

A milder word replacing another word which is obscene, profane or having unpleasant associations is

a) a periphrasis;

b) euphemism;

c) metonymy.

Colloquialisms are

a) avoided in polite conversation;

b) limited to a highly informal communication;

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