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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. The doctor wrote me a subscription for some medication.






2. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






3. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






14. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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. American Flag - hearts - wedding rings - etc.






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






18. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






19. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






22. 'What is one supposed to do?'






23. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






25. 'Sink or swim'






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






27. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






30. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






37. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






49. I love to sing - in the spring.






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