西南大学课程考试[0099] 英语文体学引论 大作业

I. Fill in the following blanks with proper words. (20 points)
1) Tenor of discourse is the social relationships between participants in communication.
2) Ephemism is a kind of mild expression for an offensive or hush one.
3) Simply speaking, registers refers to languages which are determined by situation.
4) Stylistics may be defined as the study of or the investigation of style.: 
II. Indicate what kind of figures of speech is used in the following examples. (20 points)
1) We need more hands to finish this work on time.  _____
2) Tom almost cried his eyes out at this news. __  ___
3) My love is like a red rose. __  __
4) The old tree was waving him a good bye in the cold wind. _____: 
III. Explain in brief the following terms. (20 points); 
1) Field of discourse 
2) Syllable
3) Rhetorical question
4) Discoursal analysis
IV. Please decide whether the following statements are True () or False (F). (20 points)
1) Technical words refer to those words used in special professions. ( )
2) Simply speaking, registers refer to languages which are determined by situation.  (  )
3) Contrastive conjunction is achieved by the use of conjunctive words of addition or progression, such as and, furthermore, moreover, etc.  (  )
4) Lexical analysis is chiefly concerned about how the words in a text are put together to produce meaning and other kinds of message. (  )
V. Tell what figure of speech is used in the following sentence and explain the connotative meaning of the underlined word.
(20 points)

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