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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 'Sink or swim'






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






9. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






11. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






13. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






15. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






19. 'He met his Waterloo.'






20. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






21. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






25. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






29. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






30. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






34. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. I love to sing - in the spring.






44. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






47. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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