Variant 1 1.1. То each of the following words marked with a number match the most suitable word marked with a letter so that an image is formed:

l)Rain

is

a) a firework

2) Anger

is

b) a prison

3) Peace

is

c) a rose

4) Poverty

is

d) sadness

1.2. What stylistic device is realised in the formed images: a) met­aphor, b) metonymy?

2.1. Decide what style [ a) newspaper, b) colloquial, c) scientific] is
represented in the following extract:

It's no good worrying and trying to look ahead and plan and scheme and weigh your every action, because you never can tell when doing such-and-such won't make so-and-so happen - while, on the other hand, if you do so-and-so it may just as easily lead to such-and-such.

2.2. What does the sentence contain: a) enumeration and framing
repetition, b) polysyndeton and ellipsis, c) enumeration and chiasmus,
d) polysyndeton and framing repetition?

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3.1. What meanings are effective in the following joke: a) neutral
and colloquial, b) neutral and literary?

"What did you find out about the salivary glands?" "I couldn't find out a thing, they're too secretive."

3.2. What stylistic device is observed in the joke: a) zeugma
b) pun?

4. Decide what the sentences contain: a) direct meaning, b) meta­
phor, c) metonymy:

The head of the pin is rather large.

The dinner cost two dollars a head.

He is the head of the firm.

The man has a large head.

Her name is at the head of the list.

5. What does the sentence contain: a) metaphor and metonymy,
b) only metaphor?

His eyes fell on the picture of Anne.

6. What stylistic device(s) is/are used in the following sentenc­
es: a) hyperbole and metaphor, b) hyperbole and metonymy, c) only
hyperbole?

The whole town was there.

There was an uneasy sea of doubt and hope.

7. Group the following word combinations into two columns, con­
taining /) descriptive attributes, 2) epithets:

a) black-winged bird, b) iron will, c) wooden manners, d) honey-coloured air, e) blooming flowers, f) cold water.

8. What stylistic device is the following sentence based on: a) oxy­
moron, b) antithesis?

Books are a guide of youth and an entertainment for age. 210

9. Decide in each case whether the sentence: a) contains litotes,
b) has simple negation:

Don't you think that the problem is really great?

Jack was unpredictable.

It was unillegal business.

10. Define the kind of metaphor in the following sentence: /: a) nom-
inational, b) cognitive, c) imaginative; II: a) simple, b) sustained:

Don't jump to conclusions - you might get a nasty fall.

11. Distinguish between: a) ellipsis and b) nominative sentence:

(at an examination) "How far are you from the correct answer?" "Two seats."

The program said, 'Second Act, Two Years Later' I couldn't wait to see the second act of the play.

Committee: body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

Two seats. Isn't it enough?

12. Indicate the type of repetition out of the following: a) simple,
b) consecutive, c) anaphora, d) epiphora, e) linking, f) framing, g) chain,
h) chiasmus:

Leave me all alone. I want to stay all alone.

Oh, they know me! They know me!

The suggestion is interesting, indeed. I like the suggestion.

Time waits for no man. Thus, don't lose time.

13. Choose from the syntactic stylistic devices [ a) polysyndeton,
b) tautology, c) ellipsis, d) asyndeton, e) enumeration, f) a nominative
clause, g) parallel constructions, h) parceling] those that are used the
following sentence:

It was the money, of course; money which did strange things to human beings, making them greedy, panicked, at times sub-human.

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14.1. Indicate the type of decomposition of the phraseological
unit [ a) shortening, b) expansion, c) insertion, d) substitution, e) word
order change, f) contextual change, g) complex change] in the following:

Where there's a will there's an heir of expectation.

14.2. What stylistic device is observed in the utterance: a) meta­
phor, b) metonymy?

15. Name expressive means and stylistic devices and group them as follows:

expressive means: a) phonetic, b) morphological, c) lexical, d) syntac­tic, e) graphic;

stylistic devices: a) phonetic, b) lexical (lexico-semantic), c) syntactic.

1. Сити - это деловой центр Лондона.
2. Над этой проблемой работают несколько физиков из Московского университета.
3. В этой комнате есть только лампы дневного света.
4. Автобусная остановка находится недалеко отсюда.
5. Многие районы города окружены морем.
6. Абитуриент должен успешно сдать вступительные экзамены.
7. В годы Второй мировой войны наш город был осажден фашистами и отрезан от остальной части страны.
8. В течение своей трехвековой истории город пережил несколько драматических событий.
9. Скоро студенты поедут в Москву в Государственный исторический музей.
10. Студенты нашей группы завтра отправятся в Государственный исторический музей.
11. Это - здание Таллиннского городского совета.
12. Команды фигуристов и хоккеистов проходят интенсивную подготовку в Спортивном центре Таллинна.
13. Его отец был одним из руководителей партизанского движения во время Второй мировой войны.
14. Репортер рассказал о выполнении продовольственной программы в регионе.
15. Недавно наша семья переехала в большую трехкомнатную квартиру.

The October 1917 revolution in Russia the Causes of the October revolution of 1917: war weariness; industry and agriculture of the country was on the verge of collapse; the catastrophic financial crisis; the unresolved agrarian question and the impoverishment of the peasants; the delay of socio-economic reforms; the contradiction of dual Power became a prerequisite for regime change. 3 Jul 1917 in Petrograd started riots demanding the overthrow of the Provisional government. The counter-revolutionary part of the decree of the government to suppress peaceful demonstrations had used weapons. The arrests began, restored the death penalty. The dual power ended with the victory of the bourgeoisie. The events of July 3-5 showed that the bourgeois Provisional government does not intend to comply with the requirements of the workers, and the Bolsheviks became clear that a peaceful way to take power anymore. At the VI Congress of the RSDLP(b), which took place from 26 July to 3 August 1917, the party took the reference to a socialist revolution through armed uprising. At the August State conference in Moscow the bourgeoisie had intended to declare a L. G. Kornilov as a military dictator and to use the occasion to overclocking Tips. But revolutionary speech disrupted the plans of the bourgeoisie. Then on 23 August Kornilov moved troops on Petrograd. The Bolsheviks, spending most propaganda work among the masses of workers and soldiers, explained the meaning of the conspiracy and created revolutionary centres to combat kornilovskoe. The rebellion was suppressed, and the people finally realized that the Bolshevik party is the only party that defends the interests of workers. On 24 September, the Bolsheviks won 51% of the vote in the district Council. The bourgeois parties and the Interim government was suffering a deep crisis, without any support in the masses. In mid-September, Lenin had developed a plan for an armed uprising and the way of its implementation. The main aim of the October revolution was the conquest of power by the Soviets. October 12 was created the Military revolutionary Committee (MRC) is a training centre of the armed uprising. Zinoviev and Kamenev, the opponents of the socialist revolution, given the timing of the uprising the Provisional government. The uprising began on the night of 24 October for the opening day of the II Congress of Soviets. The government was immediately able to isolate him from certain parts of the armed. October 25, VI Lenin arrived at the Smolny and personally led the uprising in Petrograd. During the October revolution was captured the most important objects such as bridges, Telegraph, government agencies. On the morning of October 25, 1917 the military revolutionary Committee announced the overthrow of the Provisional government and transfer of power to the Petrograd Soviet of workers 'and soldiers' deputies. October 26, captured the Winter Palace and arrested members of the Provisional government. The October revolution in Russia was accomplished with the full support of the masses. The Alliance of the working class and the peasantry, the transition of armed military on the side of the revolution, the weakness of the bourgeoisie determined the outcome of the October revolution of 1917. On 25 and 26 October 1917, passed the II all-Russian Congress of Soviets, which were elected all-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTSIK) and formed the first Soviet government - the Council of people's Commissars (SNK). Chairman of the CPC, was elected as V. I. Lenin. He put forth two decrees: "Decree on peace", which called on the warring countries to cease hostilities, and the "Decree on land", which expresses the interests of the peasants. Adopted the Decrees contributed to the victory of Soviet power in the regions of the country. November 3, 1917 with the capture of the Kremlin, the Soviet power won in Moscow. Further, the Soviet power was proclaimed in Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Crimea, Northern Caucasus, in Central Asia. The revolutionary struggle in the Caucasus was delayed until the end of the civil war (1920-1921), which was a consequence of the October revolution of 1917. The great October socialist revolution split the world into two camps - capitalist and socialist. вот