READING REVISION TEST


I. Match the names of the English-speaking authors given below and the genres with which their creations are generally associated. (10 points)
  • J. K. Jerome
  • I. Flemming
  • J. Tolkien
  • J. F. Cooper
  • B. Cartland
  • R. Bradbury
  • S. King
  • A. Conan-Doyle
  • Th. Dreiser
  • L. Carroll
  • science fiction
  • tear-jerker
  • humour fiction
  • adventure fiction
  • fairy-tale
  • spy fiction
  • fantasy
  • detective fiction
  • fiction with social significance
  • horror fiction

II. To every set of notions, there is one odd out. Exclude it. (10 points)
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III. Match the literary criticism terms given below with their definitions.(26 points)
  • The prevailing mood and the atmosphere created in the story.
  • The way in which an author presents and defines characters.
  • The struggle between opposing forces that provides the central action and interest in any literary plot.
  • The general idea or meaning of a literary work. It may not always be explicit or easy to state.
  • The intellectual or emotional perspective held by a narrator.
  • Associations, ideas, emotions that words suggest.
  • An intentional contradiction between what is said and what is meant, or appearance and reality.
  • The speaker in a work of prose.
  • Manner of writing when the speaker pretends to be very serious.
  • The most basic, literal meaning of a word.
  • Words that imply an attitude as well as describe a characteristic.
  • The use of figures of speech to go beyond literal meanings to help the reader see things in vivid, imaginative ways.
  • Any way of saying something other than the literal, ordinary way (e.g., metaphors and similes).
  • The use of pictures, description, or figures of speech such as similes and metaphors to visualize a mood, idea or character.
  • The general explanation of the meaning of a literary work.
  • A person, place, thing, or event that stands for another thing or idea.
  • A work that uses mockery, irony, and wit to make fun of something (habit, idea, custom) or someone; written to arouse contempt or lead to a change.
  • An author’s individual way of writing.
  • The location, time, and context in which the action of a literary work takes place.
  • Curiosity about the plot’s outcome which makes us want to know what happens next.
  • An unpleasant feature which only becomes apparent at the end.
  • An account of the action and all of the motivations lying behind the action in a literary work.
  • Any type of writing organized into sentences and paragraphs; without a rhythmical or a rhyming pattern.
  • The central character in a literary work.
  • Topics discussed in a literary work (trials of life, love, friendship, war, crime and punishment).
  • The manner in which an author expresses their attitude to the characters and the subject matter.
  • Dead-pan humour
  • Characterization
  • Figure of speech
  • Denotation
  • Figurative language
  • Sting in the tail
  • Imagery
  • Satire
  • Conflict
  • Setting
  • Suspense
  • Narrator
  • Emotive words
  • Point of view
  • Irony
  • Prose
  • Style
  • Protagonist
  • Symbol
  • Themes
  • Connotations
  • Emotive key
  • Interpretation
  • Tone
  • Plot
  • Message

IV. Here are some words and expressions to define the tone, plot, point of view and characters of a story. Group them accordingly(24 points), e. g.:
A) PLOT: 1; 2; 3; ...
B) TONE: 1; 2; 3; ...
C) CHARACTERS: 1; 2; 3; …
D) POINT OF VIEW: 1; 2; 3; …
  • expositon
  • major
  • climax
  • first-person
  • connotations
  • the rising action
  • mood
  • antagonist
  • third-person
  • suspense
  • objective
  • foil
  • frame
  • denouement
  • resolution
  • interior monologue
  • foreshadowing
  • emotive key
  • minor
  • multiple narration
  • atmosphere
  • emotive lexis
  • twist
  • stream of consciousness
PLOT: TONE: CHARACTERS: POINT OF VIEW:

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