Praxis 5038 English Language Arts Content Knowledge

Section I. Reading - A. Literature

What is the name of the first literary movement? List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The First literary movement is known as "Classicalism" .

Characteristics include Myths and History.

Key authors are Homer and Plato.

What is the name of the literary movement also name as the American Renaissance? List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The literary movement known as the American Renaissance is also known as "Romanticism".

Romantic writers often searched for beauty and meaning, even in life's darker experiences.

Key authors include Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

What is the name of the literary movement that was America's first uniquely constructed? List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The First Literary moment that was uniquely constructed (Not influenced by Europeans) is known as "Transcendentalism".

Transcendentalism writers often focused on breaking free from societies traditional rules and expectations.

Key authors include Margaret Fuller and Henry David Thoreau.

What is the name of the literary movement that shows life exactly as it is with no exaggeration? List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The Literary Movement that shows life exactly as it is with no exaggeration is known as "Realism".

Realism writers often focused on literature that showed simple plots and characters to show the real struggles and experiences of ordinary people.

Authors from this era are Mark Twain and Stephen Crane.

What is the name of the literary movement that was a reaction against Romanticism and Victorian literature? List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The Name of the literary movement that was a reaction against Romanticism is known as "Naturalism".

Naturalism writers often focused on how unfair and uncontrollable life was due to environmental and social circumstances .

Authors include Jack London and Edith Wharton.

What is the name of the literary movement that started in the year 1900 and ended in the 1960s? List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The name of the literary movement that breaks from traditional ideas and celebrates individualism and experimentation is known as "Modernism".

Modernism writers often focused on breaking free from old ways of writing, and promoting individualism and experimentation.

Authors include Scott F. Fitzgerald and Virginia Woolf.

What is the name of the literary movement that was an African American cultural movement. List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The literary movement that was known as an African American cultural movement is known as the "Harlem Renaissance".

Harlem writers often focused on capturing the struggles of Black people living in Discriminatory America.

Authors include Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.

What is the name of the literary movement that combines reality with imagination. List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The name of the literary movement that combines reality with imagination is also known as "Surrealism".

Surrealism writers often focued on turning something real into imagination.

Authors include Andre Breton and Georges Batallie.

What is the name of the literary movement that focuses on understanding parts of a culture. List 1-2 key characteristics of this movement and 1-2 authors associated with it.

The name of the literary movement that focuses on understanding parts of a culture is known as "Structuralism".

Structuralism focuses on understanding parts of a culture.

Key authors include Roland Barthes and Roman Jacobson.

Works you should know

An iconic Novel that highlights the decadence and excess of an single era (The American Dream)

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald

A comment on the unraveling of personals and societal values.

The Wasteland by T.S Eliot

A realist novel that shows the bleakness and desperation of American life during the Great Depression.

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

An Honest look at black Americans living in a Black southern town.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston

An iconic dystopian novel that shows the dangers of loss of individuality due to technology and government control

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

A children's fantasy novel where the main character leaves home to go on a heroric quest, resulting in personal growth.

The Hobbit by J.R R Tolkien

A dystopian fantasy novel that paints the future as a disturbing idealistic society devoid of individualsm.

1984 by George Orwell

An allegory (Symbolism) centered on the Russian Revolution

Animal Farm by George Orwell

A play that shows the difference between real life and dreams while chasing the American Dream.

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

A novel that shows the challenges of growing up and the shallow nature of society.

Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger

A dystopian novel in which knowledge is destroyed

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

A memoir detaliing the horrors of the Holocaust

Night by Ellie Wiesel

A play set during the civil rights era that addresses segregated housing

Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

A coming of age novel that addresses prejudice in an American society and its judicial system

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper lee

A young adult fantasy adventure tale that plays with the space time continuum through the eyes of a 14 year old girl.

A Wrinkle in time by Madeline L'Engle

An autobiography describing the early years of Maya Angelo

I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelo

TEST TIP: What is Iambic pentameter? Whose sonnets were written in Iambic Pentameter?

14 line poem. 10 syllables in each line. abab cdcd efef gg Rhyme Scheme

William Shakespeare's sonnets are written in Iambic Pentameter.

Characteristics of primary literary genres

TEST TIP: What should English teachers use in their classrooms to ensure a balanced approach to texts?

To ensure a balanced approach, English teachers should incorporate literary and informational texts in the classroom.

What is a genre?

A genre is a type of music, book, or art that has the same style or subject.

True or false: The structure of the text is just as important as the words the author chooses.

True

For the Genre "Poetry" list common terms that may be used in this genre . Hint: There are 5.

In poetry, words like Verse, Stanza, Rhyme, Meter, or Feet may be used.

Define Verse

A verse is a single line of poetry

Define Stanza

A Stanza is a group of lines in a poem

Define Rhyme

Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

Define Rhythm

Rhythm is the beat and pace of a poem

Define Meter

Meter is the number and pattern of emphasis of syllbles in a line of poetry

Define Feet

A specific number of syllables in a line of poetry

For the Genre "Drama/Fiction" list common terms that may be used in this genre . Hint: There are 12.

In Drama/Fiction, words like Plot, Point of View, Setting, conflict, characters, theme, Dialogue, Monologue, Prologue, Epilogue, Paragraph, and Chapter may be used.

What is plot?

Sequence of events in a story

What is Point of View?

the perspective from which a story is told

What is the setting?

The time and place of a story

What is the conflict of a story?

the problem in the story

What are characters in a story?

the people or animals in a story

What is the theme of a story?

central message

What is Dialogue?

Conversation between characters

What is a monologue?

a long speech by one actor

What is a prologue?

an introduction

What is an epilogue?

conclusion of the play

What is Realistic fiction?

fictional stories that could be true

What is Historical Fiction ?

fictional stories set during a real event or time in history...

Stories are fake but setting and location is accurate

What is Science fiction?

Fictional stroies that focus on space, the future, aliens, and other galaxies

What is Fantasy?

Fictional stories that contains monsters, fairies, magic, or other fantasical elements

What is a informational text?

A Texts that informs the reader on any subject or topic

What are biographies?

A text that tells the life of another person. The author is not the writer of the text and uses "They" OR "he/she"

What are autobiographies?

Texts that describes one's own life. The author is the writer of the test and uses "I" OR "me".

What is persuasive writing?

writing that attempts to persuade or convince the reader to believe something.

What is Limerick?

a humorous poem in the rhythm a-a-b-b-a.

What is a Sonnet?

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

What is an epic?

long narrative poem about trials and tribulations of a hero

What is a Ballad?

A story in poem form, often set to music

What is a Haiku?

5-7-5 syllable, 3 line verse poetry

What is an Elegy?

A poem focusing on the grief following a death or something lost

What is a Villanelle?

A 19 line poem using two repeating lines

What is free verse?

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

What is Blank verse?

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

What is a Fable?

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

What is a Myth?

Traditional stories about gods and heroes

What is a legend?

a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

What is a fairytale?

a story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.

What is a comedy in drama?

Plays meant to make an audience laugh

What is a tragedy in drama?

A play dealing with tragic events often having an unhappy ending

What is known as the opposite of literal language?

Figurative Language

What is an allusion?

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

What is a metaphor?

comparison not using like or as

What is a simile?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is personification?

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

What is an onomatopoeia?

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

What is an idiom?

A common saying that is specific to an language

What is an hyperbole?

An exaggeration

What is an oxymoron?

Two words used together that contradict one another

What is situational irony?

when the outcome is the opposite of what is expected

What is verbal irony?

say one thing but mean the opposite

What is First person POV?

character tells the story using "I" or "me"

What is Second Person POV?

when the narrative voice directly adresses the audience.

uses "you".

What is Third Person Objective?

Narrator does not reveal any character's thoughts or feelings. Only character's dialogue and actions are narrated.

What is Third Person limited omniscient?

Narrator tells the story of one character in the story.

What is Third Person omniscient?

Narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every characters thoughts

What is Tone?

the author's attitude toward the subject

What is a protagonist?

Main character in a story

What is a antagonist?

The main enemy of the main character of the story

What is an allegory?

A story in which each thing in the story represents one thing in real life

What is an Alliteration?

repetition of a consonant sound

What is An Anaphora?

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

What is Diction?

word choice

What is foreshadowing?

A warning or indication of a future event

What is Mood?

The overall feeling or atmosphere that a writer created for the reader

What is a Paradox?

an apparent contradiction that is actually true

What is Satire?

Making fun of something in order to encourage it or shame it into improving.