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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. 'What is one supposed to do?'






2. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






3. I love to sing - in the spring.






4. 'He met his Waterloo.'






5. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






19. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






21. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






27. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






32. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






40. A story that occurs within another story.






41. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.