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Literature Reading Techniques

Subject : soft-skills
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1. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






22. 'She is a rock'






23. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






26. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






27. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






28. 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






29. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






31. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






35. 'Sink or swim'






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






37. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






40. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 'What is one supposed to do?'






49. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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







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