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






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






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






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






6. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






9. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






12. 'Sink or swim'






13. 'She is a rock'






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






15. The tortoise and the hare






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






17. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






32. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






42. 'What is one supposed to do?'






43. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






46. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






49. Perspective from which the story is told.






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