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






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






3. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






4. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Perspective from which the story is told.






11. 'She is a rock'






12. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






15. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






18. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






19. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






20. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






21. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






23. A story that occurs within another story.






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






25. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






37. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






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






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






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