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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. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






5. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






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






17. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






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






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






22. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






26. 'She is a rock'






27. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






30. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






31. 'He met his Waterloo.'






32. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






35. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






36. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






41. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






50. 'Sink or swim'