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Literature Reading Techniques

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Iambic pentameter is used in sonnets - dactyl - trochee - etc.






2. 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






3. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






5. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






7. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






13. A story that occurs within another story.






14. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






15. 'She is a rock'






16. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






18. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






19. Interrupted action of a work with the action of previous events.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






34. The tortoise and the hare






35. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






38. 'Sink or swim'






39. 'Milton! Thou shoulds't be living at this hour.'






40. I pity those people who lost his or her job during the recession.






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






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






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






44. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






48. I love to sing - in the spring.






49. 'That's nice.' 'Smart as a whip.' 'Smelling like a rose.'






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