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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. 'He met his Waterloo.'






2. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






6. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






10. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






15. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






17. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






28. 'What is one supposed to do?'






29. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






32. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






35. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






36. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






49. 'Sink or swim'






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