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Literature Reading Techniques

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






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






3. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






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






8. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






11. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






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






16. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






20. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






21. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






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






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






27. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






29. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






32. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






36. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






38. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






44. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






47. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






48. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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







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