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






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






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






4. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






6. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 'He met his Waterloo.'






14. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






22. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






26. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






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






31. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






32. A story that occurs within another story.






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






34. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






38. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 'Sink or swim'






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






50. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.