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Literature Reading Techniques
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1. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
parallel scenes
stream of consciousness
cliche
point of view
2. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.
allusion
caricature
gaps
stream of consciousness
3. As a fish takes to water - you will take to literary analysis.
point of view
simile
ersonification
epiphany
4. 'I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars per year.'
empathy
stream of consciousness
sarcasm
understatement
5. Simple - complex - inverted order - etc. (arrangement of words in grammatical elements)
syntax
irony
pastoral
epiphany
6. 'That's nice.' 'Smart as a whip.' 'Smelling like a rose.'
simile
parallel scenes
apostrophe
cliche
7. I love to sing - in the spring.
foreshadowing
empathy
pathos
rhyme
8. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'
caricature
imagery
point of view
paradox
9. The voice of the poem or literary piece (not necessarily the author)
rhyme
didactic attitude/language
diction
speaker
10. 'You should know what these terms mean - but more importantly - you should be able to recognize them in use within a given text.'
caricature
allegory
didactic attitude/language
denouement
11. 'Bells - bells - bells...'
romance
flashback
repetition
flash forward
12. 'The shot heard 'round the world'
genre
sarcasm
antithesis
hyperbole
13. A subordinate plot in a play - novel - or similar work.
simile
cliche
subplots
repetition
14. 'He loved swimming - hiking - and fishing all summer long.'
parallel structure
parallel scenes
satire
connotation
15. I pity those people who lost his or her job during the recession.
pathos
antithesis
parallel scenes
speaker
16. 'Sink or swim'
realism
foreshadowing
antithesis
frame story
17. 'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.'
romance
parallel structure
ersonification
chiasmus
18. Words spoken aloud by a character to himself - the audience - or another character.
simile
rhythm/meter
parallel scenes
dialogue
19. Author takes on an identity other than his own.
persona (mask)
interior monologue
pastoral
realism
20. 'He met his Waterloo.'
caricature
flashback
romance
allusion
21. Chetah is to fast - as is turtle is to slow
parallel scenes
allusion
understatement
analogy
22. Tells the story. May be main or minor character - reliable or unreliable.
ersonification
narrator
allegory
epiphany
23. 'What is one supposed to do?'
understatement
rhetorical questions
flash forward
gaps
24. The clouds danced in the sky.
allusion
ersonification
pastoral
syntax
25. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'
ersonification
stream of consciousness
rhythm/meter
oxymoron
26. Saying one thing and meaning another. When an outcome is unexpected by either a character or the audience.
apostrophe
paradox
irony
romance
27. Hints or clues given along the way as to how the plot will end.
chiasmus
romance
interior monologue
foreshadowing
28. 'Life is perfect - and all things are wonderful.'
rhetorical questions
parallel scenes
romance
hyperbole
29. A story that occurs within another story.
flash forward
genre
foreshadowing
frame story
30. 'y'all' - 'ayah' - 'sho - there's ticks a-plenty' - 'thou hast'
diction
connotation
syntax
analogy
31. The doctor wrote me a subscription for some medication.
malapropism
sarcasm
interior monologue
syntax
32. A narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts - memories - and ideas
empathy
satire
interior monologue
connotation
33. Hamlet - Othello - Macbeth - Willie Loman - Ethan Frome - etc.
epiphany
tragic hero
romance
persona (mask)
34. The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
flashback
epiphany
rhetorical questions
denouement
35. Interrupted action of a work with the action of future events.
connotation
flash forward
narrator
metaphor
36. 'She is a rock'
romance
allusion
speaker
metaphor
37. The horse and buggy trotted along the dusty - dirt road.
realism
contrast
didactic attitude/language
pastoral
38. 'Milton! Thou shoulds't be living at this hour.'
flash forward
apostrophe
allegory
romance
39. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.
parody
interior monologue
dialogue
empathy
40. I could smell the newly mowed lawn - hear the birds chirping - and see the budding leaves. Spring is here!
rhyme
irony
analogy
imagery
41. The tortoise and the hare
rhythm/meter
tragic hero
pathos
allegory
42. Perspective from which the story is told.
parallel structure
pathos
connotation
point of view
43. While the student was inside the school learning - his mother was inside the home cleaning.
simile
syntax
parallel scenes
oxymoron
44. 'I get it! You really do have to study!'
irony
frame story
epiphany
narrator
45. Teaching students in today's face-paced world is difficult.
rhyme
malapropism
persona (mask)
realism
46. Iambic pentameter is used in sonnets - dactyl - trochee - etc.
imagery
rhythm/meter
narrator
syntax
47. The way one acts - speaks - thinkgs - are dressed - etc.
oxymoron
caricature
genre
rhyme
48. 'house' verse 'home' --one has a more positive value than the other
rhythm/meter
interior monologue
connotation
satire
49. 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
parallel structure
satire
rhythm/meter
allegory
50. Interrupted action of a work with the action of previous events.
connotation
rhyme
flashback
gaps
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