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






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






4. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






5. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






7. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






8. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






12. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






14. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






30. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






33. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






37. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






41. A story that occurs within another story.






42. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






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






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






48. 'She is a rock'






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






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