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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






30. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






31. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






33. I love to sing - in the spring.






34. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






38. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






40. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






42. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






46. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






47. A story that occurs within another story.






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






49. The tortoise and the hare






50. Perspective from which the story is told.