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