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






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






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






4. The tortoise and the hare






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






6. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






7. 'Sink or swim'






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






9. 'What is one supposed to do?'






10. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






17. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






18. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






21. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 'She is a rock'






41. 'He met his Waterloo.'






42. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






43. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






45. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






48. A story that occurs within another story.






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






50. I love to sing - in the spring.