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Literature Reading Techniques
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Iambic pentameter is used in sonnets - dactyl - trochee - etc.
imagery
connotation
rhythm/meter
ersonification
2. 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
analogy
understatement
foreshadowing
satire
3. 'Bells - bells - bells...'
narrator
satire
repetition
epiphany
4. 'He loved swimming - hiking - and fishing all summer long.'
simile
parallel structure
point of view
antithesis
5. 'What is one supposed to do?'
caricature
apostrophe
rhetorical questions
denouement
6. 'You should know what these terms mean - but more importantly - you should be able to recognize them in use within a given text.'
metaphor
didactic attitude/language
persona (mask)
denouement
7. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.
genre
persona (mask)
caricature
flashback
8. 'Life is perfect - and all things are wonderful.'
romance
symbolism
hyperbole
rhyme
9. The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
imagery
satire
flash forward
denouement
10. Hamlet - Othello - Macbeth - Willie Loman - Ethan Frome - etc.
tragic hero
denouement
parallel scenes
allusion
11. Interrupted action of a work with the action of future events.
flash forward
parallel structure
rhyme
rhythm/meter
12. Teaching students in today's face-paced world is difficult.
realism
analogy
empathy
genre
13. A story that occurs within another story.
romance
stream of consciousness
imagery
frame story
14. 'The shot heard 'round the world'
hyperbole
rhythm/meter
stream of consciousness
connotation
15. 'She is a rock'
parody
gaps
metaphor
chiasmus
16. Perspective from which the story is told.
subplots
antithesis
point of view
parody
17. Simple - complex - inverted order - etc. (arrangement of words in grammatical elements)
syntax
apostrophe
flash forward
parallel scenes
18. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'
foreshadowing
oxymoron
speaker
analogy
19. Interrupted action of a work with the action of previous events.
flashback
sarcasm
allegory
parody
20. I could smell the newly mowed lawn - hear the birds chirping - and see the budding leaves. Spring is here!
allusion
genre
pastoral
imagery
21. The way one acts - speaks - thinkgs - are dressed - etc.
empathy
romance
rhyme
caricature
22. Words spoken aloud by a character to himself - the audience - or another character.
dialogue
interior monologue
parody
caricature
23. A subordinate plot in a play - novel - or similar work.
romance
flash forward
subplots
hyperbole
24. The doctor wrote me a subscription for some medication.
empathy
malapropism
point of view
chiasmus
25. Tells the story. May be main or minor character - reliable or unreliable.
narrator
chiasmus
sarcasm
tragic hero
26. 'y'all' - 'ayah' - 'sho - there's ticks a-plenty' - 'thou hast'
diction
syntax
hyperbole
contrast
27. Kevin and Max in Freak the Mighty. One is the brain - the other is the braun.
analogy
malapropism
contrast
apostrophe
28. As a fish takes to water - you will take to literary analysis.
interior monologue
foreshadowing
romance
simile
29. 'He met his Waterloo.'
interior monologue
allusion
denouement
symbolism
30. 'I get it! You really do have to study!'
epiphany
ersonification
parallel scenes
rhyme
31. Saying one thing and meaning another. When an outcome is unexpected by either a character or the audience.
genre
flash forward
apostrophe
irony
32. 'As I fell down the stairs headfirst - I heard her say - 'Look at that coordination!''
sarcasm
allusion
metaphor
syntax
33. Hints or clues given along the way as to how the plot will end.
symbolism
subplots
realism
foreshadowing
34. The tortoise and the hare
repetition
allegory
empathy
subplots
35. The clouds danced in the sky.
irony
pastoral
subplots
ersonification
36. The horse and buggy trotted along the dusty - dirt road.
empathy
antithesis
stream of consciousness
pastoral
37. American Flag - hearts - wedding rings - etc.
oxymoron
chiasmus
symbolism
cliche
38. 'Sink or swim'
diction
antithesis
connotation
repetition
39. 'Milton! Thou shoulds't be living at this hour.'
contrast
apostrophe
cliche
imagery
40. I pity those people who lost his or her job during the recession.
parody
pathos
apostrophe
epiphany
41. 'house' verse 'home' --one has a more positive value than the other
parallel structure
understatement
sarcasm
connotation
42. 'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.'
ersonification
narrator
simile
chiasmus
43. Author takes on an identity other than his own.
parody
sarcasm
persona (mask)
parallel structure
44. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'
epiphany
allusion
irony
paradox
45. 'I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars per year.'
parody
understatement
tragic hero
sarcasm
46. 'I understand that not everyone likes summer assignments - since I have summer work to do too.'
oxymoron
speaker
empathy
gaps
47. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
gaps
stream of consciousness
interior monologue
ersonification
48. I love to sing - in the spring.
satire
persona (mask)
rhyme
antithesis
49. 'That's nice.' 'Smart as a whip.' 'Smelling like a rose.'
pathos
subplots
chiasmus
cliche
50. A narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts - memories - and ideas
interior monologue
sarcasm
narrator
rhythm/meter