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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 'She is a rock'






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






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






11. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






20. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






23. A story that occurs within another story.






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






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






26. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The tortoise and the hare






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






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






36. 'What is one supposed to do?'






37. 'Sink or swim'






38. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






40. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






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






50. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.