Praxis 2 Middle School English Language
Arts (5047)-Reading, Praxis II Middle School
English/language arts- Language and
Linguistics, Praxis 2 Middle School English
Language Arts (5047)-Reading.
William Shakespeare
Poet and playwright of the Renaissance period in Western culture. Plays, comedies, tragedies,
tragicomedies and historical plays.
William Faulkner
Author of Southern literature in America based on his experience living in Mississippi during the early
20th century.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Medieval poet "Father of English Literature" The Canterbury Tales" portrayed life during the Middle
Ages.
Parlement of Foules-poem - dream vision poems
Drama
a piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage.
Poetry
Written in verses that may be complete sentences, clauses, or phrases. Rhyming or unrhymed verse.
Poetry meter
following a particular rhythmic pattern: iambic, dactylic, spondaic, trochaic, or anapestic-w/o regular
meter.
Also, described by the number of beats or stressed syllables per verse. Gives the poem flow.
Free verse poem
poetry without rhyme or meter
Poems
Free verse, metered but unrhymed, rhyme but w/o meter, or using both rhyme and meter.
Common meter in english
,iambic pentameter
Blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
Ballad
used in musical songs and poems
Poetry ballads
rhymed and metered for subjects: love, death, murder, or religious topics
monologue poems
poet speaks in the voice of a character/persona
Elegies
mourning poems: lament, praise, solace
Epic poems
long, recount heroic deeds and adventures, stylized language, and combine dramatic and lyrical
conventions
Epigrams poems
memorable, one or two-line poems
Epistolary poems
written and read as letters
Odes
evolved from early poems with music and dance
Romantic poems
poems expressing strong feelings and contemplative thoughts
Pastoral poems
poetry that idealizes nature and country living
Limericks
two lines of iambic trimeter, 2 lines of iambic dimeter and one line of iambic trimeter, humorous and or
bawdy
Haiku
Japanese poetry form-17 syllables across 3 verses as 5/7/5. Expressed with concise, depict a moment in
time, evoke illumination and enlightenment.
, Sonnets
14 lines of iambic pentameter, tightly organized around a theme( English/Italian)
paragraph
a group of connected sentences covering one main topic
stanza
in poetry, a group of verses, divided into stanza or couplets
dialogue
conversation in a play
soliloquies/monologues
used in drama, a person talking to oneself
denouement
the resolution following the climax
Historical novel
set fiction in a particular historical period
Novel of manners
fictional stories that observe, explore, and analyze the social behaviors of a specific time and place-Jane
Austen
Western-world sentimental novels
love novels originated in the movement of Romanticicsm
Epistolary novel
novels told in the form of letters written by their characters rather than narrative form
Pastoral novels
novels and fiction, poetry-lyrically idealized country life as idyllic and utopian
Bildungsroman
German, education novel-focusing on coming of age stories
Roman a clef
French, "novel with a key" means the story needs a real-life frame of reference, or key ,for full
comprehension
Realism
Arts (5047)-Reading, Praxis II Middle School
English/language arts- Language and
Linguistics, Praxis 2 Middle School English
Language Arts (5047)-Reading.
William Shakespeare
Poet and playwright of the Renaissance period in Western culture. Plays, comedies, tragedies,
tragicomedies and historical plays.
William Faulkner
Author of Southern literature in America based on his experience living in Mississippi during the early
20th century.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Medieval poet "Father of English Literature" The Canterbury Tales" portrayed life during the Middle
Ages.
Parlement of Foules-poem - dream vision poems
Drama
a piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage.
Poetry
Written in verses that may be complete sentences, clauses, or phrases. Rhyming or unrhymed verse.
Poetry meter
following a particular rhythmic pattern: iambic, dactylic, spondaic, trochaic, or anapestic-w/o regular
meter.
Also, described by the number of beats or stressed syllables per verse. Gives the poem flow.
Free verse poem
poetry without rhyme or meter
Poems
Free verse, metered but unrhymed, rhyme but w/o meter, or using both rhyme and meter.
Common meter in english
,iambic pentameter
Blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
Ballad
used in musical songs and poems
Poetry ballads
rhymed and metered for subjects: love, death, murder, or religious topics
monologue poems
poet speaks in the voice of a character/persona
Elegies
mourning poems: lament, praise, solace
Epic poems
long, recount heroic deeds and adventures, stylized language, and combine dramatic and lyrical
conventions
Epigrams poems
memorable, one or two-line poems
Epistolary poems
written and read as letters
Odes
evolved from early poems with music and dance
Romantic poems
poems expressing strong feelings and contemplative thoughts
Pastoral poems
poetry that idealizes nature and country living
Limericks
two lines of iambic trimeter, 2 lines of iambic dimeter and one line of iambic trimeter, humorous and or
bawdy
Haiku
Japanese poetry form-17 syllables across 3 verses as 5/7/5. Expressed with concise, depict a moment in
time, evoke illumination and enlightenment.
, Sonnets
14 lines of iambic pentameter, tightly organized around a theme( English/Italian)
paragraph
a group of connected sentences covering one main topic
stanza
in poetry, a group of verses, divided into stanza or couplets
dialogue
conversation in a play
soliloquies/monologues
used in drama, a person talking to oneself
denouement
the resolution following the climax
Historical novel
set fiction in a particular historical period
Novel of manners
fictional stories that observe, explore, and analyze the social behaviors of a specific time and place-Jane
Austen
Western-world sentimental novels
love novels originated in the movement of Romanticicsm
Epistolary novel
novels told in the form of letters written by their characters rather than narrative form
Pastoral novels
novels and fiction, poetry-lyrically idealized country life as idyllic and utopian
Bildungsroman
German, education novel-focusing on coming of age stories
Roman a clef
French, "novel with a key" means the story needs a real-life frame of reference, or key ,for full
comprehension
Realism
