Exercises and Assignments. I. What are the features of publicist style?

I. What are the features of publicist style? Does the given review meet the requirements of this style? Point out the peculiarities that bring the text closer to the artistic style.

II. Analyze the semantic space of the text: pick out keywords for the following thematic groups:

– success;

– hard work;

– cinematography.

III. Study the vocabulary of the article. Which words have an especially strong semantic and emotive power?

IV. What vocabulary do the words petite and folie à deux belong to? What is their function in the context? Give their synonyms and translation.

V. Find the epithets in the text describing:

– personality;

– feelings and emotions;

– film and music.

VI. What role does antithesis play in the review? Give examples from the text.

VII. Why is the conjunction and italicized in the sentence “For some of us, however, it’s possible to love it and hate it”? What group of stylistic devices does italic type belong to?

VIII. Speak on the imagery of the text and the stylistic devices used to convey it.

IX. Translate the following set expressions and supply the context from the article:

to hurl oneself into, glimmer of hope, in the best sense of the word, to fight like cats and dogs, hand-to-hand combat, in grips.

X. Match each word from the first column with a synonym from the second column. Use these words in the sentences of your own.

1) appall	a) discolor
2) discordant	b) humiliate
3) odd	c) cut
4) avert	d) strange
5) surrender	e) turn away
6) chop	f) capitulation
7) bleach	g) shock
8) martyr	h) contradictory
9) mortify	i) sufferer

XI. Match each of the words in the first column with a suitable definition from the second column and give their translation.

1) glimpse   2) awe 3) sham   4) curtsy   5) folie à deux   6) gingham   7) set

a) lightweight plain-woven cotton cloth, typically checked in white and a bold color b) a thing that is not what it is purported to be c) a woman’s or girl’s formal greeting made by bending the knees with one foot in front of the other d) the place or area in which filming is taking place or a play is performed e) a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder f) delusion or mental illness shared by two people in close association g) a momentary or partial view

XII. Paraphrase the following sentences from the text.

1. She’s performing with­out a net, working on raw, unfiltered feeling.

2. This petite woman in the red and white gingham dress is a far cry from Selma, though both talk with the same lilting, won­derfully odd Icelandic-British accent.

3. A child of ‘60s parents, raised communally in Reykjavik, the intense, single-minded Bjork released her first album at age 11, achieved international success as the lead singer of the Sugarcubes, and even greater acclaim for her techno-inspired solo albums.

4. Rumors flew that they had fought like cats and dogs, that she walked off the set because he was brutalizing her emotionally.

5. It’s the way he uses his talent that makes me uneasy: there’s an emotional sadism in von Trier – toward his martyred, mortified heroines as well as toward the audience – that leaves a queasy aftertaste.

XIII. Trace an etymology of the following nouns and give their translation of Russian origin:

naive, aura, amateur, prize, festival.

XIV. Fill in the gaps choosing a suitable synonym from the synonymic raw. Change the grammar form of a word if necessary.