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Literature Reading Techniques

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Iambic pentameter is used in sonnets - dactyl - trochee - etc.






2. I could smell the newly mowed lawn - hear the birds chirping - and see the budding leaves. Spring is here!






3. Chetah is to fast - as is turtle is to slow






4. Teaching students in today's face-paced world is difficult.






5. The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work






6. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






7. A story that occurs within another story.






8. Tells the story. May be main or minor character - reliable or unreliable.






9. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






10. Hints or clues given along the way as to how the plot will end.






11. A subordinate plot in a play - novel - or similar work.






12. 'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.'






13. 'house' verse 'home' --one has a more positive value than the other






14. The voice of the poem or literary piece (not necessarily the author)






15. Words spoken aloud by a character to himself - the audience - or another character.






16. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






17. 'I get it! You really do have to study!'






18. 'Life is perfect - and all things are wonderful.'






19. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






20. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






21. 'As I fell down the stairs headfirst - I heard her say - 'Look at that coordination!''






22. While the student was inside the school learning - his mother was inside the home cleaning.






23. A narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts - memories - and ideas






24. 'I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars per year.'






25. Simple - complex - inverted order - etc. (arrangement of words in grammatical elements)






26. Perspective from which the story is told.






27. The doctor wrote me a subscription for some medication.






28. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.






29. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






30. The horse and buggy trotted along the dusty - dirt road.






31. The clouds danced in the sky.






32. 'Sink or swim'






33. A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. It doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). It targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals






34. American Flag - hearts - wedding rings - etc.






35. 'She is a rock'






36. Kevin and Max in Freak the Mighty. One is the brain - the other is the braun.






37. 'What is one supposed to do?'






38. As a fish takes to water - you will take to literary analysis.






39. 'y'all' - 'ayah' - 'sho - there's ticks a-plenty' - 'thou hast'






40. The tortoise and the hare






41. 'You should know what these terms mean - but more importantly - you should be able to recognize them in use within a given text.'






42. Author takes on an identity other than his own.






43. Interrupted action of a work with the action of future events.






44. The way one acts - speaks - thinkgs - are dressed - etc.






45. 'I understand that not everyone likes summer assignments - since I have summer work to do too.'






46. 'He loved swimming - hiking - and fishing all summer long.'






47. Saying one thing and meaning another. When an outcome is unexpected by either a character or the audience.






48. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






49. 'He met his Waterloo.'






50. Hamlet - Othello - Macbeth - Willie Loman - Ethan Frome - etc.







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