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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. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






5. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






6. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






8. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






18. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






19. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






31. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






34. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






36. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






43. 'She is a rock'






44. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






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






48. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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