Title Chapter 3-Dimensions of word meaning-Exercises.pdf ✅

1 Chapter 3 Dimensions of word meaning
2 EXERCISES I. What type of meaning transference do the following sentences belong to? 1. The cat’s eyes were jewels, gleaming out of the darkness. 2. Like a writhing snake, the broken electrical wires hissed and twitched in the damp grass. 3. Waves high as mountains broke over the reef. 4. He drank 20 glasses. 5. His fear was a prison, stronger than any more visible barricade. 6. “England is famous for its food” , she told her husband after the dinner at her English colleague’s house.
EXERCISES I. What type of meaning transference do the following sentences belong to? 1. The cat ’ s eyes were jewels, gleaming out of the darkness. => metaphor 2. Like a writhing snake, the broken electrical wires hissed and twitched in the damp grass. => simile 3. Waves high as mountains broke over the reef. => simile 4. He drank 20 glasses. => metonymy 3
5. His fear was a prison, stronger than any more visible barricade. => metonymy (fear)/ metaphor (fear – prison) 6. “England is famous for its food” , she told her husband after the dinner at her English colleague’ s house. => irony 4 EXERCISES