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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. Author takes on an identity other than his own.






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






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






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






5. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






7. 'She is a rock'






8. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






11. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






15. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






17. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






31. 'He met his Waterloo.'






32. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






34. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






38. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






41. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






43. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






45. A story that occurs within another story.






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






47. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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