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






2. 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






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






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






5. 'Sink or swim'






6. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






7. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






23. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






26. 'What is one supposed to do?'






27. 'She is a rock'






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






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






30. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






33. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






37. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






42. The tortoise and the hare






43. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






46. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






48. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






50. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.