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 object or 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.

22. “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.

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