Thursday, 26 April 2018

Questions for Seminar 4 in Stylistics


1. Asyndeton
2. Polysyndeton
3. Antithesis
4. Suspense
5. Aposiopesis
6. Represented Speech
7. Litotes
8. Periphrasis

Lecture 4 (continuation)

Seminar 4

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Questions for Seminar 3 in Stylistics



1. Expressive Means
2. Stylistic Devices
3. Metaphor
4. Metonymy
5. Simile
6. Epithet
7. Pun
8. Zeugma
9.Violation of phraseological units
10. Semantically false chains
11. Nonsense of non-sequence
12. Irony
13. Antonomasia
14. Hyperbole
15. Oxymoron
16. Anaphora and epiphora
17. Chiasmus
18. Climax and anticlimax
19. Stylistic inversion
20. Ellipsis

Lecture 3

Lecture 4

Lecture 4 (continuation)


Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Questions for Seminar 1 in Stylistics



1. The definition of Style and Stylistics
2. The issues that Stylistics deals with (8)
3. Stylistics and other linguistic disciplines.

The link to Lecture 1

Sunday, 7 January 2018

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first TV interview in full

Topics for the 3rd year students


1. Choosing a career
2. Illnesses and their treatment
3. London
4. Moscow
5. My meals
6. Education in England
7. Education in Russia
8. The film I have recently watched
9. The book I have recently read
10. Happy topic
11. Sport in our life
12. My favourite TV-series
13. My favourite celebrity
14. The city of my dreams

Angelina Jolie receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Governors Awards

  Watch the interview and answer the question: What problem does Angelina raise in her acceptance speech?