Interpreting Literature Exam

Kyle is reading Homer's works and he is trying to determine the meaning and tone of the book by analyzing the following line Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus...What reading strategy is he trying to implement?

• Analytic

• Close reading

• Systemic

• Big picture

Katherine reads each book by trying to understand a wider pattern and the motive of the author. Paul is reading 'Odyssey' and is trying to understand it from the following: Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered full many ways after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy. Katherine's style of reading is ____________ while Paul's style of reading is ____________.

• descriptive; analytical

• big picture; close reading

• well-developed; narrow

• systemic; targeted

When Jane reads a book, she notices a pattern of how the author's overall message seems to imply a deeply critical view of modern-day politics. Which of the following BEST describes her reading strategy?

• Narrow

• Critical

• Big picture

• Close reading

How does denotation differ from connotation?

• Denotation is an indirect style of writing, while connotation implies clear and concise writing.

• Denotation is often used in literary works, while connotation is more suitable for scientific articles.

• Denotation is the way the author intended to emphasize his key points, while connotation is the way it is received by the reader.

• Denotation is the word's literal meaning, while connotation is a word's underlying meaning.

What is the denotation of the word Wall Street?

• A street in New York

• A movement against perceived injustice and corruption

• Wealth

• Banks and their influence

What is the connotation of hog in the following sentence? Joffrey was such a hog, his behavior made so many people mad.

• Exciting

• A wild animal

• A farmhouse

• Ill-behaved

Based on the context of the following quotes, which mentions glasses?

• All is as if the world did cease to exist. The city's monuments go unseen, its past unheard, and its culture slowly fading in the dismal sea.

• In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.'

• Nothing shall part us in our love till Thanatos (Death) as his appointed hour removed us from the light of day...

• Her fair hair was turning gray and she wore pince-nez through which a pair of shrewd blue eyes gleamed out at us...

Based on context, which of the following quotes mentions a candlestick?

• It was this unfathomable longing of the soul to vex itself - to offer violence to its own nature - to do wrong for the wrong's sake only...

• ...it was now, I say, the image of a hideous -- of a ghastly thing -- of the GALLOWS! --oh, mournful and terrible engine of horror and of crime -- of agnoy and death!

• Now in no one of the seven apartments was there any lamp or candelabrum...There was no light of any kind...

• When reason returned with the morning - when I had slept off the fumes of the night's debauch - I experienced a sentiment half of horror, half of remorse, for the crime of which I had been guilty.

Based on context, which of the following quotes focuses on extensive knowledge of a particular subject?

• James was prudent with the planning of the event and managed to get the best cook.

• Mr. Jackson prided himself for his camaraderie with all of the aristocrats in town.

• My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household events.

• Will was oft known for his connoisseurship with working metal.

Jamaine is reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Authur's Court from Mark Twain, and she believes that the structure and plot are highly similar to his other novel The Prince and the Pauper. What method of analysis is Jamaine using?

• Metaphor

• Context clue

• Prior knowledge

• Literature review