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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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1. 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






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






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






4. The tortoise and the hare






5. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






6. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






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






11. 'Sink or swim'






12. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






16. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






34. 'She is a rock'






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






36. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






39. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






42. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 'What is one supposed to do?'






50. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'