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






2. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






5. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






7. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 'He met his Waterloo.'






19. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






23. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






26. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






28. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






30. 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






31. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






35. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






37. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






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






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






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






43. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






44. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






46. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






50. The tortoise and the hare