19. Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of metonymy? A. That is why they always find Tschaikovsky easier to “understand” than Beethoven. B. Is it pessimistically sad or resignedly sad; is it fatefully sad or smilin...

7. Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of personification? A. Why do I think network TV does a better job of informing than these papers? B. It is easier to let the ads dictate the format than develop a format that ele...

9. (What’s Wrong with Our Press?) The author has encountered intense partisanship in television newscasts and network commentaries on current events. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

9. Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of metonymy? A. It is easier to let the ads dictate the format than develop a format that elevates news above dogfood. B. I am a printed-word woman myself, and I still think the w...

2. Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of rhetorical question? A. Was that wise? B. What would they say of her in the Stores when they found out that she had run away with a fellow? C. Why should she be unhappy? D....

8. Now we headed into a thick scrub of ________ bamboo and hypericum trees. A. lobelias B. mingled C. mingling D. lest ...

15. The action was so graceful and ________ benign. A. inclusive B. inclusively C. conclusive D. conclusively ...

8. This gifted woman‘s daughter (my wife) was taught her mother‘s __________ skills. A. material B. alleged C. gruesome D. venerable ...

18. To amuse herself and to tease her teachers, Clara pretended to waver between Arts and Science. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

6. In fact it was this silence that ________ all the last moments of our climb. A. dominating B. dominated C. dominates D. dominate ...