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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 final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work






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






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






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






5. 'He met his Waterloo.'






6. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






9. 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






10. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






12. 'She is a rock'






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






14. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






17. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






19. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






23. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






27. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






29. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






30. Perspective from which the story is told.






31. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






49. The tortoise and the hare






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