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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. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






2. A sentence that requests or commands






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. names a particular person - place - thing or idea






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






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






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






12. 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






13. American transcendentalist who was against a government that supported slavery. He wrote down his beliefs in Walden. He started the movement of civil - disobedience when he refused to pay the toll - tax to support him Mexican War; wrote 'Walden'






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






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






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






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






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






19. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb; the uninflected form of the verb






20. 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






21. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti






22. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it






30. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






31. 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






32. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)






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






35. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






37. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






38. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






39. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A sad or mournful poem






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






48. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)






49. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels






50. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse