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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






11. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






14. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






27. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






30. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






33. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






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






37. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






38. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






42. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






45. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






48. 'She is a rock'






49. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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