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Literature Reading Techniques

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Interrupted action of a work with the action of previous events.






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






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






4. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






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






9. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






14. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






17. 'She is a rock'






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






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






20. A story that occurs within another story.






21. 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






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






23. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






26. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






30. The tortoise and the hare






31. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






32. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






35. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






37. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






40. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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