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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Expresses action or state of being






2. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'






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






4. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible






5. A sentence that requests or commands






6. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






7. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'






8. A kind of humorous verse of five lines - in which the first - second - and fifth lines rhyme with each other - and the third and fourth lines - which are shorter - form a rhymed couplet






9. A sentence that asks a question






10. Extreme exaggeration






11. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






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






15. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence






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






17. 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






18. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people






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






20. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action






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






22. 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






23. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses






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






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






26. 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






27. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time






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






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






30. Original and imaginative






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






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






33. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.






34. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






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






36. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






38. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished






39. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






46. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






47. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole






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






49. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.






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