Стилистика английского

 
e.g. 
Mr. Zero, Dick Dubious, Sir Silvercup. 
Apokoinu
− a construction in which the subject of one sentence is at the 
same time the subject of the second, a kind of ellipsis. 
Aposiopesis 
− a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence as if from 
inability or unwillingness to proceed. 
Argot 
− the vocabulary peculiar to a particular class of people, esp. that of 
an underworld group devised for private communication. 
Archaisms
− words which are practically out of use in present-day language 
and are felt as obsolete. Archaisms may be subdivided into two groups. The 
first group is represented by «material archaisms», or ((historical archaisms» 

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— words whose referents have disappeared. The second group is formed by 
archaisms proper. 
Assonance 
− 1. resemblance of sounds 2. partial rhyme created by the 
stressed vowel sounds. 
Astheism 
['qsTi:zm] n. deprecation meant as approval. 
Aasyndeton 
− the omission of conjunctions. Asyndetic connection of 
sentences and parts of sentences is based on the lexical meanings of the 
unites combined. The stylistic function of asyndeton is similar to that of 
ellipsis: brevity, acceleration of the tempo, colloquial character.
e. g. 
«You can't tell whether you are eating apple-pie or German sausage, or 
strawberries and cream. It all seems cheese. There is too much odour about 
cheese» (Jerome).
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Belles lettres 
− literature or writing about literary subjects. 
Bookish words 
− words belong to that stratum of the vocabulary which is 
used in cultivated speech only — in books or in such
 
special types of oral 
communication as public speeches, official negotiations, etc. They are 
mostly loan-words, Latin and Greek. They are either high-flown synonyms of 
neutral words, or popular terms of science.
e. g. 
A great crowd came to see 
— 
A vast concourse was assembled to 
witness.
Began his answer — commenced his rejoinder.