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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation






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






3. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)






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






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






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






7. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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






10. 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






11. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






12. A sad or mournful poem






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






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






15. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






23. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






25. 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






26. Original and imaginative






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






28. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. verb that can be used as an adjective






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






47. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






50. 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