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Literature Reading Techniques

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'He met his Waterloo.'






2. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






4. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






7. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






15. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Perspective from which the story is told.






31. A story that occurs within another story.






32. 'She is a rock'






33. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






36. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






41. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






44. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






47. 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






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






49. The tortoise and the hare






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







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