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