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






2. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






5. 'Sink or swim'






6. 'He met his Waterloo.'






7. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Perspective from which the story is told.






19. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






20. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






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






30. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






35. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






36. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






41. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






44. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






47. 'What is one supposed to do?'






48. The tortoise and the hare






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






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