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