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What happens in the Romance de la perdida de Alhama? (anonymous, 1482) Spanish town bears bad news that the town has fallen to the moors. He condemns everyone for letting the tragedy happen, but a wise arabic man tells the truth that the king did nothing to help the town either. Latin American Boom (What was it? When did it happen? Who were the major writers? What is it also called?) Latin America during 1960s & 1970 1.PUSHING of TRADITIONAL LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETAL NORMS Major figur...

English (002) MTTC Questions and Answers 2023 Upton Sinclair American novelist, journalist and essayist; "The Jungle" - attacked and exposed abuses in the Chicago meat packing industry - instrumental in forcing the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act; "King Coal", "Boston"; A "muckracker" Muckracker A socially minded band of writers who decried and attacked perceived immoral conduct in business and government Johan Strindberg Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist and...

Upton Sinclair - Answer-American novelist, journalist and essayist; "The Jungle" - attacked and exposed abuses in the Chicago meat packing industry - instrumental in forcing the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act; "King Coal", "Boston"; A "muckracker" Muckracker - Answer-A socially minded band of writers who decried and attacked perceived immoral conduct in business and government Johan Strindberg - Answer-Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist and short-fiction writer; "The Re...

What happens in the Romance de la perdida de Alhama? (anonymous, 1482) Spanish town bears bad news that the town has fallen to the moors. He condemns everyone for letting the tragedy happen, but a wise arabic man tells the truth that the king did nothing to help the town either. Latin American Boom (What was it? When did it happen? Who were the major writers? What is it also called?) Latin America during 1960s & 1970 1.PUSHING of TRADITIONAL LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETAL NORMS Major figur...

Praxis 5039 Authors and Major Works Rated A+ Alice Walker Fiction "The Color Purple" Amy Tan Fiction "The Joy Luck Club" "The Kitchen G-ds Wife" "The Hundred Secret Senses" Anne Frank Autobiography "The Diary of Anne Frank" C.S. Lewis Fiction (Sci-Fi, Fantasy) "Chronicles of Narnia" "Screwtape Letters" "Space Trilogy" Emily Dickenson Poet Transcendentalist "I heard a fly buzz" Daniel Defoe "Robinson Crusoe" Edgar Allen Poe Romance (Gothic p...

Upton Sinclair - ️️American novelist, journalist and essayist; "The Jungle" - attacked and exposed abuses in the Chicago meat packing industry - instrumental in forcing the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act; "King Coal", "Boston"; A "muckracker" Muckracker - ️️A socially minded band of writers who decried and attacked perceived immoral conduct in business and government Johan Strindberg - ️️Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist and short-fiction writer; "The Red R...

Alice Walker - Fiction "The Color Purple" Amy Tan - Fiction "The Joy Luck Club" "The Kitchen G-ds Wife" "The Hundred Secret Senses" Anne Frank - Autobiography "The Diary of Anne Frank" C.S. Lewis - Fiction (Sci-Fi, Fantasy) "Chronicles of Narnia" "Screwtape Letters" "Space Trilogy" Emily Dickenson - Poet Transcendentalist "I heard a fly buzz" Daniel Defoe - "Robinson Crusoe" Edgar Allen Poe - Romance (Gothic poetry) "The Raven" "Bells...

Praxis 0311/5311 Notable Awards/Authors/Illustrators Latest Update Graded A+ Newbery Medal Honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Caldecott Medal Honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Batchelder Award Given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a language other than English in a country other tha...

Gertrude Stein's lover Ans Alice B Toklas apostrophe (figure of speech) Ans exclamatory figure of speech where speaker speaks to personified abstract concept or inanimate object conceit Ans compares two disimilar things in a surprising way transactional approach Ans The idea that the reader constructs a meaning from the text that reflects both the reader and the text. hestia/vesta Ans health and home (greek) Triolet Ans 1 stanza poem of 8 lines Couplet Ans Two consecutive lines...

English (002) MTTC Upton Sinclair ANSWER- American novelist, journalist and essayist; "The Jungle" - attacked and exposed abuses in the Chicago meat packing industry - instrumental in forcing the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act; "King Coal", "Boston"; A "muckracker" Muckracker ANSWER- A socially minded band of writers who decried and attacked perceived immoral conduct in business and government Johan Strindberg ANSWER- Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist and short-ficti...