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






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






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






4. 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






5. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






9. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






10. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






14. The clouds danced in the sky.






15. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






17. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






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






29. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






35. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






39. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






47. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






50. 'Bells - bells - bells...'