Engaging Lit Final Exam Flashcards
reading with an assumption of being edified and enlightened
Expect the best
Reading with an awareness of the threefold task that a literary author performs for us
Read on a continuum
Reading as a Christian with an awareness of how the work responds to Christian assertions
Be aware
Reading to weigh the truth claims of the literature that is being read
Evaluate
Freytag’s Pyramid is a diagram that helps us in the analysis of poetry
False
Jacob borrows the term “temporal bandwidth” from what novel ?
Gravity’s Rainbow
Jacob states that there is a close relationship between the current situational model of existence and …
Anxiety/Depression
Jacob argues that one of the best actions to take when faced with the feeling of being at a “frenetic standstill” is to…
Break bread with the dead
Jacobs argues that we should always read old books as a way to escape technology and social media
False
Alan Jacobs argues that reading decreases a person’s “temporal bandwidth”
True
Active reading involves [[1]] with the text, that is, critically [[2]] with the [[3]].
1: dialoguing
2: engaging
3: material
Passive reading is reading for fun and [[1]]. It has [[2]] but isn’t rigorous enough for doing [[3]] assessment.
1: relaxation
2: merit
3: critical
Anton Chekov stated, “You are right in demanding that an [[1]] should take an intelligent attitude to his work, but you confuse two things: [[2]] a problem and [[3]] a problem correctly. It is only the second that is [[4]] for an artist.”
1: artist
2: stating
3: solving
4: obligatory
As one of the basic elements of fiction, what is the term for “a sequence of events” in a story/
Plot
As one of the basic elements of fiction, what do we call the “time frame and physical location” of a story?
Setting
The most important character in a story is called the __________
Protagonist
As one of the basic elements of fiction, what is the term for the narrator’s perspective on the story’s action?
Point of view
As one of the basic elements of fiction, what is the term for a dominant idea that runs the entire length of the story?
Theme
As it concerns the use of symbols in literature, the term of the literal, definitional meaning of a word is…
Denotation
Literature is a form of creative writing that tells a compelling story about what?
Themes
All the best literature ever written is put into a list called what?
The Literary Canon
Which of the following is the correct plot sequence for the Comic-U?
Prosperity, obstacles, tragic threat, happiness