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






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






3. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






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






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






8. I love to sing - in the spring.






9. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






12. The clouds danced in the sky.






13. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 'He met his Waterloo.'






21. 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






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






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






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






25. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






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






30. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






32. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






33. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






44. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






45. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






48. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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