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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. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






4. 'Sink or swim'






5. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






18. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






20. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






24. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






29. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






30. 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






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






32. A story that occurs within another story.






33. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






35. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






37. Perspective from which the story is told.






38. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






43. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






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






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






49. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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