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Literature Reading Techniques
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'I understand that not everyone likes summer assignments - since I have summer work to do too.'
parallel scenes
empathy
interior monologue
cliche
2. The doctor wrote me a subscription for some medication.
understatement
denouement
malapropism
empathy
3. 'I get it! You really do have to study!'
epiphany
rhyme
irony
speaker
4. 'house' verse 'home' --one has a more positive value than the other
connotation
understatement
frame story
gaps
5. Simple - complex - inverted order - etc. (arrangement of words in grammatical elements)
interior monologue
parody
syntax
flash forward
6. Interrupted action of a work with the action of future events.
flash forward
subplots
diction
oxymoron
7. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.
flashback
syntax
subplots
parody
8. Hints or clues given along the way as to how the plot will end.
genre
foreshadowing
allusion
epiphany
9. As a fish takes to water - you will take to literary analysis.
simile
caricature
parallel structure
epiphany
10. Iambic pentameter is used in sonnets - dactyl - trochee - etc.
rhythm/meter
epiphany
ersonification
tragic hero
11. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.
genre
stream of consciousness
point of view
simile
12. I love to sing - in the spring.
rhyme
pastoral
flashback
parallel structure
13. 'Bells - bells - bells...'
repetition
speaker
point of view
symbolism
14. While the student was inside the school learning - his mother was inside the home cleaning.
stream of consciousness
rhyme
connotation
parallel scenes
15. 'She is a rock'
rhyme
diction
metaphor
antithesis
16. A story that occurs within another story.
oxymoron
parody
contrast
frame story
17. The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
diction
persona (mask)
flash forward
denouement
18. Words spoken aloud by a character to himself - the audience - or another character.
epiphany
syntax
dialogue
genre
19. 'Life is perfect - and all things are wonderful.'
stream of consciousness
romance
rhyme
denouement
20. 'Sink or swim'
romance
pathos
antithesis
parallel structure
21. I pity those people who lost his or her job during the recession.
tragic hero
analogy
hyperbole
pathos
22. 'y'all' - 'ayah' - 'sho - there's ticks a-plenty' - 'thou hast'
parallel structure
rhetorical questions
diction
oxymoron
23. 'You should know what these terms mean - but more importantly - you should be able to recognize them in use within a given text.'
frame story
didactic attitude/language
analogy
interior monologue
24. Kevin and Max in Freak the Mighty. One is the brain - the other is the braun.
contrast
parody
simile
point of view
25. The voice of the poem or literary piece (not necessarily the author)
metaphor
parallel structure
speaker
parody
26. I could smell the newly mowed lawn - hear the birds chirping - and see the budding leaves. Spring is here!
allusion
imagery
analogy
foreshadowing
27. Interrupted action of a work with the action of previous events.
apostrophe
flashback
pathos
imagery
28. Perspective from which the story is told.
point of view
romance
metaphor
foreshadowing
29. 'He met his Waterloo.'
chiasmus
allusion
repetition
irony
30. 'I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars per year.'
parallel scenes
understatement
irony
repetition
31. A narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts - memories - and ideas
frame story
point of view
interior monologue
syntax
32. The tortoise and the hare
allegory
diction
rhyme
didactic attitude/language
33. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.
diction
epiphany
gaps
rhyme
34. A subordinate plot in a play - novel - or similar work.
rhyme
dialogue
parody
subplots
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
satire
stream of consciousness
epiphany
tragic hero
36. 'That's nice.' 'Smart as a whip.' 'Smelling like a rose.'
rhythm/meter
pastoral
caricature
cliche
37. Teaching students in today's face-paced world is difficult.
speaker
realism
irony
caricature
38. 'As I fell down the stairs headfirst - I heard her say - 'Look at that coordination!''
empathy
chiasmus
contrast
sarcasm
39. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
flashback
malapropism
realism
stream of consciousness
40. 'Milton! Thou shoulds't be living at this hour.'
flashback
apostrophe
realism
hyperbole
41. Author takes on an identity other than his own.
frame story
simile
metaphor
persona (mask)
42. The horse and buggy trotted along the dusty - dirt road.
pastoral
hyperbole
apostrophe
oxymoron
43. American Flag - hearts - wedding rings - etc.
caricature
symbolism
irony
connotation
44. Chetah is to fast - as is turtle is to slow
denouement
narrator
interior monologue
analogy
45. 'The shot heard 'round the world'
romance
ersonification
narrator
hyperbole
46. Saying one thing and meaning another. When an outcome is unexpected by either a character or the audience.
contrast
dialogue
irony
allusion
47. The clouds danced in the sky.
dialogue
ersonification
paradox
metaphor
48. 'He loved swimming - hiking - and fishing all summer long.'
imagery
narrator
understatement
parallel structure
49. Tells the story. May be main or minor character - reliable or unreliable.
imagery
ersonification
narrator
antithesis
50. 'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.'
hyperbole
syntax
chiasmus
persona (mask)