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






2. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






6. The tortoise and the hare






7. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






8. Iambic pentameter is used in sonnets - dactyl - trochee - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Perspective from which the story is told.






15. 'Sink or swim'






16. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A story that occurs within another story.






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






28. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






38. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






46. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






47. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






49. The clouds danced in the sky.






50. 'What is one supposed to do?'