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






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






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






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






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






6. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






7. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






10. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






12. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






13. The tortoise and the hare






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






15. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






20. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






23. 'Sink or swim'






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






25. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






30. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






34. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






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






45. A story that occurs within another story.






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 'What is one supposed to do?'