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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






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






11. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






13. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






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






18. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






20. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






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






23. 'What is one supposed to do?'






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






32. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






34. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






39. The tortoise and the hare






40. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. I love to sing - in the spring.






49. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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