GACE Study Guide 2023 Solution
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Neoclassical Period - ANS-Literature written between 1660 and 1798. This time period
is broken down into three
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Age of Johnson. They imitated the style of Romans and Greeks & presented mankind
as flawed.
Romantic Period - ANS-From the late 18th through the mid 19th century. This period
saw a shift from faith in reason to faith in the senses, feelings, and imagination; from
urban to rural; from scientific to mystery & infinity
Victorian Period - ANS-1830's to 1900; Comes closer to daily life; has a moral purpose;
scientific influences
Modern Period - ANS-1900-1945; Period in which writers wanted to create something
completely new & so created many new styles.
Postmodern Period - ANS-Literature written after WWII; does not have neat, cleaned-up
endings; Samuel Beckett
Anticipation Guide - ANS-A comprehension teaching strategy designed to activate
students' prior knowledge about a topic before reading, establish a purpose to guide
student's thoughts during reading, and provide a basis for discussion after reading. It
involves the teacher creating opinionated or controversial statements relating to the text
and capitalizing on controversy to motivate student involvement in text.
Directed Reading Activity - ANS-Guided reading method where teacher divides text into
shorter segments and leads kids in predicting, reads silently to confirm predictions,
discusses to clarify predictions and formulates new predictions
Graphic Organizer - ANS-VIISUAL REPRESENTATION OF CONTENT
Semantic Feature Analysis - ANS-a visual way to see the various demensions of
meaning to a group of words that are related in some way. Questions on top row about
sharks and whales (Ocean animals) and yes/ no answers below
Morality Play - ANS-Medieval drama designed to teach a lesson. The characters were
often allegorical and represented virtues or faults.
Mock Epic - ANS-a poem about a trivial matter written in the style of a serious epic
Elizabethan Drama - ANS-A movement during the late sixteenth century in which
playwrights turned away from religious subjects and began writing more sophisticated
plays. Drawing on models from ancient Greece and Rome, writers reintroduced
tragedies. Ex: Shakespeare
Octet - ANS-Eight lines in poetry
Concept Map - ANS-A diagram showing relationships between different ideas or
concepts
Matrix - ANS-A Smart Art graphic type that shows relationships of parts to a whole
Venn Diagram - ANS-A diagram that uses circles to display elements of different sets.
Overlapping circles show common elements.
colloquialism - ANS-A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation
and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y'all, ain't)
metonymy - ANS-A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for
another with which it is closely associated; Ex: using "the crown" to allude to the king
recursive approach - ANS-students feel free to change their plans and outlines as they
develop their draft - a cyclical process. The process begins with prewriting and planning,
moves on to drafting, and then moves on to editing and revising. At any point in this
process, a writer may return to an earlier stage. For example, during the drafting stage,
a writer may decide to go back and revise the outline for the project
expository discourse - ANS-Speech or written form in which one explains or describes.
Steven Krashen - ANS-Came up with the theory of second language acquisition with
five components: 1) Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis 2) Monitor Hypothesis 3) Natural
Order Hypothesis 4) The Input Hypothesis 5) The Affective Filter Hypothesis
American Naturalist Movement - ANS-Writers were influenced by evolution; realistic
approach; characters faced real problems; heredity and social environment determine
character
Horas Mann - ANS-Leader of education reform. He lenghtened academic year,
improved curriculum, doubled salaries and developed better methods
Ovid - ANS-Roman poet who wrote "Metamorphosis"
Enlightenment Period - ANS-18th century European movement in which thinkers
attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of
life. Also known as Age of Reason.
Jacobean Period - ANS-The period from 1603-1625; tag end of Shakespeare; James I
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