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Literature Reading Techniques
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'
connotation
rhythm/meter
oxymoron
dialogue
2. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'
pathos
paradox
apostrophe
contrast
3. 'house' verse 'home' --one has a more positive value than the other
epiphany
hyperbole
antithesis
connotation
4. Interrupted action of a work with the action of future events.
flash forward
subplots
allusion
parallel scenes
5. The horse and buggy trotted along the dusty - dirt road.
apostrophe
repetition
imagery
pastoral
6. 'y'all' - 'ayah' - 'sho - there's ticks a-plenty' - 'thou hast'
diction
epiphany
chiasmus
frame story
7. I love to sing - in the spring.
allusion
rhyme
parody
malapropism
8. 'I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars per year.'
imagery
parallel scenes
rhyme
understatement
9. Hamlet - Othello - Macbeth - Willie Loman - Ethan Frome - etc.
tragic hero
caricature
didactic attitude/language
malapropism
10. As a fish takes to water - you will take to literary analysis.
imagery
flash forward
simile
tragic hero
11. The clouds danced in the sky.
ersonification
didactic attitude/language
flash forward
empathy
12. Author takes on an identity other than his own.
persona (mask)
repetition
satire
symbolism
13. The way one acts - speaks - thinkgs - are dressed - etc.
interior monologue
contrast
caricature
satire
14. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
symbolism
interior monologue
realism
stream of consciousness
15. The voice of the poem or literary piece (not necessarily the author)
syntax
speaker
diction
oxymoron
16. 'Life is perfect - and all things are wonderful.'
rhythm/meter
tragic hero
parallel scenes
romance
17. The doctor wrote me a subscription for some medication.
tragic hero
hyperbole
malapropism
ersonification
18. 'He loved swimming - hiking - and fishing all summer long.'
frame story
antithesis
empathy
parallel structure
19. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.
caricature
genre
repetition
imagery
20. Perspective from which the story is told.
point of view
dialogue
allegory
connotation
21. I could smell the newly mowed lawn - hear the birds chirping - and see the budding leaves. Spring is here!
imagery
empathy
romance
denouement
22. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.
genre
gaps
frame story
understatement
23. Tells the story. May be main or minor character - reliable or unreliable.
analogy
narrator
gaps
pathos
24. 'What is one supposed to do?'
foreshadowing
simile
rhetorical questions
subplots
25. 'Milton! Thou shoulds't be living at this hour.'
imagery
paradox
apostrophe
chiasmus
26. Interrupted action of a work with the action of previous events.
hyperbole
connotation
flashback
imagery
27. Saying one thing and meaning another. When an outcome is unexpected by either a character or the audience.
paradox
ersonification
irony
pastoral
28. 'I understand that not everyone likes summer assignments - since I have summer work to do too.'
gaps
contrast
empathy
stream of consciousness
29. 'I get it! You really do have to study!'
malapropism
syntax
epiphany
cliche
30. 'He met his Waterloo.'
flash forward
cliche
allusion
genre
31. I pity those people who lost his or her job during the recession.
parallel scenes
pathos
pastoral
epiphany
32. Teaching students in today's face-paced world is difficult.
realism
antithesis
epiphany
interior monologue
33. 'That's nice.' 'Smart as a whip.' 'Smelling like a rose.'
cliche
symbolism
hyperbole
narrator
34. Iambic pentameter is used in sonnets - dactyl - trochee - etc.
speaker
antithesis
rhythm/meter
gaps
35. A subordinate plot in a play - novel - or similar work.
pastoral
speaker
subplots
analogy
36. 'Sink or swim'
antithesis
subplots
epiphany
syntax
37. Chetah is to fast - as is turtle is to slow
tragic hero
diction
analogy
rhythm/meter
38. A story that occurs within another story.
ersonification
symbolism
speaker
frame story
39. American Flag - hearts - wedding rings - etc.
understatement
allusion
interior monologue
symbolism
40. While the student was inside the school learning - his mother was inside the home cleaning.
dialogue
genre
metaphor
parallel scenes
41. 'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.'
foreshadowing
metaphor
chiasmus
frame story
42. 'You should know what these terms mean - but more importantly - you should be able to recognize them in use within a given text.'
epiphany
hyperbole
tragic hero
didactic attitude/language
43. 'The shot heard 'round the world'
hyperbole
diction
allusion
romance
44. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.
subplots
point of view
parody
caricature
45. 'As I fell down the stairs headfirst - I heard her say - 'Look at that coordination!''
caricature
dialogue
sarcasm
connotation
46. Simple - complex - inverted order - etc. (arrangement of words in grammatical elements)
contrast
syntax
stream of consciousness
irony
47. 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
satire
denouement
cliche
subplots
48. Hints or clues given along the way as to how the plot will end.
hyperbole
foreshadowing
subplots
connotation
49. A narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts - memories - and ideas
irony
stream of consciousness
interior monologue
romance
50. Words spoken aloud by a character to himself - the audience - or another character.
dialogue
subplots
connotation
frame story