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