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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. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






3. 'He met his Waterloo.'






4. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






15. 'She is a rock'






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






17. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






22. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






23. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






25. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






33. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






46. A story that occurs within another story.






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






48. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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