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






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






3. 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'






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Original and imaginative






10. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art






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






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






13. A following of one thing after another in time






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. A sentence that asks a question






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






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. A sentence that requests or commands






25. 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






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






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






28. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






29. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)






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






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






32. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






43. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun






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






45. A writer's or speaker's choice of words






46. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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






49. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






50. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God