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






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






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






4. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






13. The clouds danced in the sky.






14. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






17. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






25. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






36. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






39. The tortoise and the hare






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






41. Perspective from which the story is told.






42. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






44. 'He met his Waterloo.'






45. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






46. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






49. I love to sing - in the spring.






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