Which of the following is a true statement about world literature?

All of these statements about African Literature are true except one. Which one is it?

Which of the following best describes a haiku?

What is the most common subject of haikus?

The “lens” through which you view the literature.

Focuses on the act of reading and how it affects our perception of meaning in a text (how we feel at the beginning vs. the end)

Which is a fictional story often set in the future that combines elements of fantasy and scientific facts?

Which is a major type of literature that makes use of imagery, figurative language, and sometimes uses rhyme?

Suppose a novel is about a young woman named Daniella who moves out of her parents’ house and moves into a new apartment owned by Hector, with whom she feels an unexpected emotional connection. What genre of popular fiction is the novel likely?

Words or phrases that express meanings in a non-literal way are referred to as _______________.

How is style related to genre?

Which of the following correctly states why literary writers use figures of speech?

Which of the following best describes a text's biographical context?

Which of the following is not true about literature?

How do you annotate?

Which of the following is not a critical reading strategy?

This critical reading strategy involves the examination of the reader’s personal responses to the text. What is this strategy?

Which of the following is not the purpose of critical reading?

Which question allow the learners to reflect on a reading text?

Which of the following is not true about the importance of critical reading in literature?

Miriam loves reading novels and short stories during her spare time. According to her such a hobby  did not provide her entertainment, but also improve her vocabulary.

Roland, together with his friends, visited a newly-opened restaurant shortly after the pandemic. He was eager to pay for everyone's meal so he grabs the menu as fast as he can and starts choosing  the best food options for everyone.

Micah wants to answer the guide questions as quickly as she can, so she looked for specific signposts or lines in the selection that might provide her the instant answers. Which reading approach did she use?

Yes! I shall burn the midnight oil, so I can ace my scheduled quiz tomorrow. I don't care if I'll have to go through an extreme amount of reading tonight!

Teacher Christine encouraged her students to read not just for academic purposes, but also for leisure to get the best out of the reading experience.

What do you call an approach wherein students are demanded to read more to improve knowledge?

It is an activity to read shorter texts to extract accurate detailed information.

What literary criticism does explores the author’s life to understand the text more fully? It can also enrich your appreciation of the work.

It is sometimes called Free Voluntary Reading.

Alyssa wants to answer questions quickly, so she looked for keywords in the selection. She used ________.

It emphasizes the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning.

Daniel identified the main idea of the text she is reading. She used ______.

Sir Allan emphasized that this approach is important for students to read effectively. He is talking about _________.

 One of the disadvantages of this school of criticism is that it tends to make readings too subjective.

A critic of Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserv'd" wishes to know why the play's conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author's life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a _________ critic.

A critic argues that in John Milton's "Samson Agonistes," the shearing of Samson's locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using?

“Take the padding from your ears, and confess you’ve heard me crying,” this line wants the readers to______. 

Equality, and I will be free. If this happens, people will_____

In another world I want my children to tame grasshoppers

in the field, to play with their dolls in the living room,

to inhale the fragrance of flowers waving as wind blows,

to see the birds measure the sky with their wings.

These lines expressed the earnest wish of a father. What do you think these wishes mean?

In another world I want to be a father without passing

through the eternal insanity of mourning

my children, without experiencing the ritual of

watching my children return home as bodies

folded like a prayer mat, without spending my

nights telling them the stories of a hometown

where natives become aliens searching for a shelter.

What is the tone of the poem? 

Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another. It may be defined as the hatred of one person to another because of skin color, language, or customs. Therefore, _____

How do flash fiction commonly end a story?

Which characterizes flash fiction?

It is where dialogues in graphic fiction are written.

Which genre of 21st-century literature involves an author's narrative in prose while infusing images or illustrations to a story often in a comic book fashion while maintaining resemblance to the length, story, or quality of novels?