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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






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






4. A sad or mournful poem






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






6. Original and imaginative






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






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






18. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






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






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






21. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age






22. 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






23. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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'






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






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






33. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






35. A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb






36. 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






37. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






39. A sentence that asks a question






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






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






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






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






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






45. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






46. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea






47. 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






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






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






50. 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