Stylistic Devices
Vocabulary
Theory
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Texts Studied
100
Define the stylistic device:
Guerrilla warfare is more than just throwing a banana.
A pun.
100
Give definition to the following word:
Duds.
Clothes (informal).
100
Answer the following question:
What are the main types of external conflicts?
Man VS man; man VS nature; man VS society or the established order in the society; man VS machinery; one set of values VS another set of values.
100
Answer the following question:
What is your teacher's name?
Stepchenko Alina Aleksandrovna.
100
Choose the correct option:
The message of the short story "Easy Money" by G.S. Brooks is:
a) easy money is not that easy to acquire;
b) beware of easy money.
b) beware of easy money.
200
Give any example of the following:
personification.
(A possible answer) The sun happily greeted everyone "good morning".
200
Give two synonyms to the following word:
gregarious.
(A possible answer) Outgoing, communicative.
200
Give synonym to the following:
resolution.
Denouement.
200
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200
Answer the following question:
What is ironical about the choice of the day (Easter Sunday) in the short story "Old Man at the Bridge" by E.Hemingway?
The day of celebration of the resurrection (Easter Sunday) will be the day another innocent victim (the old man) is cricified.
300
Define the stylistic device hidden in the picture and give its definition:
Irony - the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
300
Translate the following word into English:
истец.
A plaintiff.
300
Define the following sentence as True of False and correct it if it's False:
When we observe the first-person narrative we can come across either the omniscient author or the observer-author.
False.
When we observe the first-person narrative either the main character tells the story or the minor character tells the story.
300
Answer the following question:
Who is a foil to Sherlock Holmes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories?
Dr. John Watson.
300
Answer the following question:
What is the concept of the Great Books of the Western World? (The Great Books' Greatest Lesson by M.Monbeck)
The concept is to build a single collection of the books that have contributed the most to the development of Western civilization. It's not only about studying these books but also about collecting a full set of them.
400
Give definition to the following stylistic device and provide an example:
anadiplosis.
Anadiplosis is a form of repetition in which the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence.
Example: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. (Yoda, Star Wars)
400
Fill in the missing letters to complete a word relying on the context:
Some people are more _us_ep_ib_e to depression during the winter because of reduced exposure to sunlight.
Some people are more SusCepTibLe to depression during the winter because of reduced exposure to sunlight.
400
Answer the following question:
What are the ways on how to express humour linguistically?
Deliberate exaggeration (hyperbole); unexpected comparison (similie); a round-about way of naming things (periphrasis); the use of words which are not generally used in such situations (jargonisms, dialectal words, learned words, etc.).
400
Continue the sentence:
A variety of plot structure techniques includes the following: a circular pattern, a complex structure, ..., ... .
A variety of plot structure techniques includes the following: a circular pattern, a complex structure, a straight line presentation, a frame structure.
400
Answer the following question:
What type of irony is there in the short story "The Lady's Maid"? Why?
In this short stort we can see dramatic irony because here we observe the 1st person unreliable narrator. The lady's maid misinterprents events and misjudges people. At the same time the reader does understand everything. The fact that the character who narrates has less experience than the reader creates an irony.
500
Define the stylistic device hidden in the picture and give its definition and provide an example:
Euphemism - is a figure of speech commonly used to replace a word or phrase that is related to a concept which might make others uncomfortable.
Examples: porcelain throne (toilet); between jobs (unemployed).
500
Paraphrase the italicized part of the sentence:
He was licked before he began his cross-examination
He was defeated before he began his cross-examination.
500
Answer the following question:
What is the difference between the author's digression and wandering away from the subject matter in the narrative?
It's the same. Digreesion means wandering away from the subject matter in the narrative.
500
Choose any famous film and analyse its plot.
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500
Answer the following question:
What was Turgis' usual programme for a Saturday night? ("Angel Pavement" by J.B. Priestley)
This was his usual Saturday night programme, if he had the money: first, tea at one of the big teashops, which were always crowded with girls and always offered a chance of a pick-up; then a visit to one of the great West End cinemas, in which, once inside, he could spin out the whole evening.