The Literary Analysis: Active Reading

Active reading strategies are (Click all that apply) -

• The mental processes that highly effective readers use when approaching reading.

• Those reading strategies that require a reader to read critically by focusing on the material to help with understanding and to actively engage with the material.

• The act of being aware of one's own thought process when reading.

• Not used during the Literary analysis process.

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Some things the reader can do when actively reading include (click all that apply):

• Making notes about literary devices encountered in the text.

• Summarize complex, or long, passages,

• Ask questions or make predictions.

• Underline or highlight key words and phrases as you read.

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The use of words to create a connection to any of the five senses is known as ________ _________.

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Authors use sensory language (click all that apply):

• to help the reader visualize the text.

• to help the reader make personal connections to the text.

• to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the text.

• because its use is stressed at the university level.

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Which senses can be used by an author to help the reader visualize the text (click all that apply)?

• touch

• taste

• smell

• sight

• hearing

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In literature, a conflict is a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces. During which part of the plot structure is it introduced?

• The exposition.

• The rising action.

• The climax.

• The falling action.

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The struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character is known as ___________ conflict.

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A struggle within a person's mind over a problem or question is known as ___________ conflict.

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When an author writes in the third person omniscient,

• the audience is able to know and see everything about each character.

• the audience is able to see into the minds of a single or multiple characters.

• it creates a stronger relationship and bond between the audience and characters.

• it provides the reader with a list that allows them to complete some procedure.

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The _______ person omniscient point of view can see everything, in this perspective, the reader will also know everything they need to know about the situation in a story.

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