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American Literature CLEP (2022/2023) Rated A Metaphysical Poetry Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits. ie. John Donne. Michael Wigglesworth Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems. Puritan. Connotation the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie. home = pleasant haven) motif Phase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature by recurring throughout it. ...

MCQ English Literature Multiple Choice Question 1. Which poem ends ‘I shall but love thee better after death’? a. How do I love thee b. Ode to a Grecian urn c. In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes d. Let me not to the marriage of true minds 2. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece? a. John keats b. Lord Byron c. Solan d. Sappho 3. Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with? a. Nature b. Epics c. Sonnets d. Nonsense 4. In coleridge’s poem ‘The ri...

Cuban poet, lived in Mexico, Writes about beauty of indigenous ruins - José Maria Heredia true father of contemporary poetry wrote "good book of love" Castillian Chaucer - Juan Ruiz Archpriest of Hita circle of Spanish poets wanted to work with advant garde art & poetry - Generación de '27 changes after Franco rule in Spain changes in every day life - La Movida 1970's Spain part of Generacion de '27 Spanish poet & playwright symbolism, futurism, surrealism - Federico Garcia Lorc...

What are the characteristics of Modernism ()? There are 10. - ANSWER-1. Loneliness 2. Sensuality 3. Defense of Indigenism 4. Harmony 5. Exoticism 6. Fine Materials 7. Mythological 8. Sayings/Gallicism 9. Aristocratic 10. Change of meter Who was the most important modernist? Where was he from? - ANSWER-Ruben Dario Nicaragua This type of writing Gained popularity in mid-13th Century w/ Alfonso X - ANSWER-Spanish Prose The last great poet of middle ages. Wrote Coplas a la muerte ...

Praxis 5039 Everything to Know Questions and Answers Graded A+ Language that is being spoken to a person is called _____________ language. receptive Language that expresses thoughts and feelings to others is called ________________ language. expressive stressed, unstressed, unstressed dactylic stressed, stressed spondee stressed, unstressed trochaic unstressed, stressed iambic unstressed, unstressed, stressed anapestic The __________ English literary time period lasted ...

American Literature CLEPMetaphysical Poetry - correct answer Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits. ie. John Donne. Michael Wigglesworth - correct answer Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems. Puritan. Connotation - correct answer the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie. home = pleasant haven) motif - correct answer Phase, image, action, that unif...

Metaphysical Poetry - correct answerUses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits. ie. John Donne. Michael Wigglesworth - correct answerClergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems. Puritan. Connotation - correct answerthe feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie. home = pleasant haven) motif - correct answerPhase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature by ...

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...

Maya Angelou () - 20th century African-American writer, poet and activist. Best-known for her work "I Know Why A Caged Bird Sings". Jane Austen () - English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Known for Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma Ray Bradbury () - A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with...

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 Room" - bohemi...