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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. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






2. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






7. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






11. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






20. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






22. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






24. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






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






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






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






30. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






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






36. 'Sink or swim'






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






38. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






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






43. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






44. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






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






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






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