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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






10. 'She is a rock'






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






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






14. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






16. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






19. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






27. Perspective from which the story is told.






28. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






42. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






46. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






49. The tortoise and the hare






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