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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age






2. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






4. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)






5. comparison not using like or as; a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity






6. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






7. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark






8. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb






9. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






10. verb that can be used as an adjective






11. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain






12. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize






13. Word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over






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






15. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears






16. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






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






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






19. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)






20. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer






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






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






23. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.






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






25. 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'






26. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






27. American gothic writer known especially for his macabre poems - such as 'The Raven' (1845) - and short stories - including 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (1839).






28. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction






29. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief






30. A sentence that requests or commands






31. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future






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






33. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






34. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






35. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






36. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage






37. Original and imaginative






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






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






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






41. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






43. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought






44. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.






45. A phrase beginning with a preposition






46. A sentence that asks a question






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






48. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)






49. A following of one thing after another in time






50. A narrative handed down from the past - containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements