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






2. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






6. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






10. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






13. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






16. 'She is a rock'






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






18. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






22. 'He met his Waterloo.'






23. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






33. 'What is one supposed to do?'






34. 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






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






36. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






37. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






40. Perspective from which the story is told.






41. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






44. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






48. 'Sink or swim'






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






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