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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action






2. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance






3. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities






4. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds






5. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition






6. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions






7. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'






8. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






9. A following of one thing after another in time






10. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect






11. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words






12. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions






13. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






14. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause






15. helping students to achieve independence in reading by first giving support and then gradually taking it away as students are ready to do the tasks on their own






16. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






17. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another






18. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.






19. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






20. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)






21. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets






22. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation






23. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another






24. Wrote 'On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer -' 'To Autumn -' and 'Bright Star - Would I Were Stedfast As Thou Art;' English poet in Romantic movement during early 19th century; motifs include departures and reveries - the five sense and art - and th






25. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring






26. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.






27. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'






28. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind






29. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






30. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching






31. Original and imaginative






32. An English writer - poet - philologist - and university professor - best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit - The Lord of the Rings - and The Silmarillion






33. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






34. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula






35. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story






36. Expresses action or state of being






37. A sad or mournful poem






38. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea






39. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities






40. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning






41. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'






42. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age






43. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






44. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa






45. A phrase beginning with a preposition






46. United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963); 'The Road Not Taken' 'Fire and Ice' 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'






47. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'






48. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






49. Originated in late 18th century when poets wrote about nature and beauty - They contrasted the beauty of naure to the harsh reality of the world and cities after the Industrial Revolution - William Wordsworth - William Blake - Percy Bysshe Shelly - J






50. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb