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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 love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






5. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






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






11. 'She is a rock'






12. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






15. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






16. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






26. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The tortoise and the hare






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






39. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






45. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






49. 'What is one supposed to do?'






50. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'