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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. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






4. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






7. 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






8. 'Sink or swim'






9. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






21. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






25. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






26. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






29. The clouds danced in the sky.






30. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






34. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






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






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






40. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






45. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






49. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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