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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. 'Sink or swim'






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






18. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






19. 'She is a rock'






20. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






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






25. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






29. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






31. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The clouds danced in the sky.






39. I love to sing - in the spring.






40. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






42. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






43. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






47. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






48. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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