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Literature Reading Techniques

Subject : soft-skills
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1. As a fish takes to water - you will take to literary analysis.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






12. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






14. 'She is a rock'






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






21. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






22. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






25. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






29. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






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






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






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






41. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






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






46. 'Sink or swim'






47. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






48. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






50. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'







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