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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






13. 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






14. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






18. 'He met his Waterloo.'






19. 'She is a rock'






20. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






21. The tortoise and the hare






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






23. Perspective from which the story is told.






24. The clouds danced in the sky.






25. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






26. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






35. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






37. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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