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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. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






7. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






10. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






19. Perspective from which the story is told.






20. 'He met his Waterloo.'






21. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






24. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






27. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






37. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






41. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






44. 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






45. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






48. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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