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






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






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






4. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






7. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






11. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






21. 'She is a rock'






22. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






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






27. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






28. I love to sing - in the spring.






29. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






31. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






34. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






37. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






42. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






43. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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