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






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






3. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






4. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






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






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






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






10. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






12. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 'Sink or swim'






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






34. The clouds danced in the sky.






35. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






37. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






39. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






42. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 'Bells - bells - bells...'