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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. I love to sing - in the spring.






2. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






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






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






7. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






11. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






14. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






16. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






26. The tortoise and the hare






27. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






30. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 'Sink or swim'






38. A story that occurs within another story.






39. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. The clouds danced in the sky.






47. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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