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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. A verb that tells that something is happening now.






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






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






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






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






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






10. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






13. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action






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






15. A sad or mournful poem






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






17. Expresses action or state of being






18. A sentence that asks a question






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






20. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






21. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






23. A following of one thing after another in time






24. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part






25. Was an Irish - born British[1] novelist - academic - medievalist - literary critic - essayist - lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is also known for his fiction - especially The Screwtape Letters - The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilo






26. Tell how things are alike and different






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






28. One of the British Romantics expelled from school for advocating atheism and set out to reform the world. Prometheus Unbound (1820) was a portrait of the revolt of human beings against the laws and customs that oppressed them.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






38. 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






39. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






40. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






46. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






47. 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






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






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






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