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Literature Reading Techniques
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'Life is perfect - and all things are wonderful.'
apostrophe
interior monologue
denouement
romance
2. 'He met his Waterloo.'
frame story
allusion
understatement
caricature
3. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.
gaps
cliche
understatement
antithesis
4. As a fish takes to water - you will take to literary analysis.
realism
allusion
simile
syntax
5. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.
rhyme
caricature
parody
interior monologue
6. Iambic pentameter is used in sonnets - dactyl - trochee - etc.
simile
rhythm/meter
allusion
dialogue
7. The horse and buggy trotted along the dusty - dirt road.
hyperbole
diction
simile
pastoral
8. Perspective from which the story is told.
rhyme
genre
point of view
pathos
9. American Flag - hearts - wedding rings - etc.
frame story
subplots
parallel scenes
symbolism
10. Simple - complex - inverted order - etc. (arrangement of words in grammatical elements)
tragic hero
syntax
hyperbole
oxymoron
11. Tells the story. May be main or minor character - reliable or unreliable.
chiasmus
narrator
stream of consciousness
sarcasm
12. Author takes on an identity other than his own.
empathy
persona (mask)
denouement
repetition
13. Hints or clues given along the way as to how the plot will end.
rhetorical questions
understatement
apostrophe
foreshadowing
14. 'The shot heard 'round the world'
hyperbole
frame story
connotation
denouement
15. The tortoise and the hare
allegory
pastoral
romance
foreshadowing
16. The way one acts - speaks - thinkgs - are dressed - etc.
ersonification
dialogue
rhetorical questions
caricature
17. Interrupted action of a work with the action of future events.
flash forward
narrator
flashback
apostrophe
18. I love to sing - in the spring.
apostrophe
symbolism
rhyme
stream of consciousness
19. Hamlet - Othello - Macbeth - Willie Loman - Ethan Frome - etc.
tragic hero
antithesis
diction
caricature
20. 'You should know what these terms mean - but more importantly - you should be able to recognize them in use within a given text.'
sarcasm
repetition
connotation
didactic attitude/language
21. 'y'all' - 'ayah' - 'sho - there's ticks a-plenty' - 'thou hast'
pathos
diction
analogy
rhyme
22. Kevin and Max in Freak the Mighty. One is the brain - the other is the braun.
empathy
apostrophe
contrast
point of view
23. A story that occurs within another story.
flash forward
irony
satire
frame story
24. Chetah is to fast - as is turtle is to slow
analogy
diction
metaphor
paradox
25. 'I get it! You really do have to study!'
repetition
stream of consciousness
metaphor
epiphany
26. Saying one thing and meaning another. When an outcome is unexpected by either a character or the audience.
pastoral
analogy
epiphany
irony
27. 'I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars per year.'
understatement
frame story
satire
imagery
28. 'house' verse 'home' --one has a more positive value than the other
connotation
sarcasm
rhyme
syntax
29. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
persona (mask)
satire
stream of consciousness
oxymoron
30. I could smell the newly mowed lawn - hear the birds chirping - and see the budding leaves. Spring is here!
diction
repetition
imagery
ersonification
31. Words spoken aloud by a character to himself - the audience - or another character.
imagery
point of view
dialogue
allegory
32. 'He loved swimming - hiking - and fishing all summer long.'
cliche
parallel structure
realism
malapropism
33. 'She is a rock'
pathos
metaphor
syntax
allegory
34. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'
syntax
paradox
parallel structure
speaker
35. 'As I fell down the stairs headfirst - I heard her say - 'Look at that coordination!''
pathos
sarcasm
rhythm/meter
foreshadowing
36. Interrupted action of a work with the action of previous events.
malapropism
flashback
oxymoron
speaker
37. The doctor wrote me a subscription for some medication.
malapropism
genre
flashback
persona (mask)
38. A narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts - memories - and ideas
cliche
paradox
subplots
interior monologue
39. 'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.'
satire
subplots
chiasmus
dialogue
40. A subordinate plot in a play - novel - or similar work.
ersonification
rhyme
contrast
subplots
41. 'Bells - bells - bells...'
analogy
repetition
connotation
pathos
42. The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
empathy
apostrophe
denouement
interior monologue
43. 'Sink or swim'
irony
antithesis
point of view
romance
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
stream of consciousness
analogy
parallel structure
satire
45. I pity those people who lost his or her job during the recession.
pathos
allegory
speaker
tragic hero
46. Teaching students in today's face-paced world is difficult.
epiphany
frame story
rhetorical questions
realism
47. The clouds danced in the sky.
ersonification
metaphor
narrator
empathy
48. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.
rhyme
genre
allusion
irony
49. 'Milton! Thou shoulds't be living at this hour.'
denouement
syntax
speaker
apostrophe
50. 'That's nice.' 'Smart as a whip.' 'Smelling like a rose.'
flashback
cliche
allegory
understatement
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