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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






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






11. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






12. I love to sing - in the spring.






13. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






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






15. 'She is a rock'






16. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






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






20. 'Sink or swim'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Perspective from which the story is told.






29. 'He met his Waterloo.'






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






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






32. The tortoise and the hare






33. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






47. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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