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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






8. 'She is a rock'






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






10. 'Sink or swim'






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






12. A story that occurs within another story.






13. The clouds danced in the sky.






14. 'What is one supposed to do?'






15. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






19. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






20. 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






21. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






22. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






23. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






26. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






32. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The tortoise and the hare






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






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. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






46. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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