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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. 'Bells - bells - bells...'






2. I love to sing - in the spring.






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






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






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






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






7. 'Much madness is divinest sense.'






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Scary Movie and Weird Al's songs.






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






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






23. 'The shot heard 'round the world'






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






25. Things left completely unsaid; unknowns.






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






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






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






29. 'sweet sorrow' 'cold fire'






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






31. 'What is one supposed to do?'






32. Romance - historical - bildungsroman - etc.






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






34. 'She is a rock'






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






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






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






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






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






40. 'He met his Waterloo.'






41. A story that occurs within another story.






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






43. Perspective from which the story is told.






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






45. The clouds danced in the sky.






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






47. 'Sink or swim'






48. The tortoise and the hare






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






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