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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote The Real McCoy: The Life of an American Inventor






2. Wrote Hoot






3. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears






4. Wrote Johnny Tremain






5. Wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle;' American author - essayist - biographer - historian






6. Gothic novel; a scientist creates a monster - and then abandons it in horror - a decision that leads to disaster and the deaths of nearly everyone he loves






7. Wrote The Outsiders






8. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






9. Wrote The Call of the Wild - Sea - Wolf - White Fang






10. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






11. Wrote The Outsiders






12. Wrote Mrs. Dalloway - Night and Day - The Voyage Out - and Jacob's Room; English novelist and essayist; one of the foremost modernist literary figures of 20th century






13. Wrote 'She Walks in Beauty' and 'When We Two Parted;' British poet and leading figure in Romanticism






14. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






15. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






16. Wrote Night






17. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






18. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s






19. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






20. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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21. Wrote 'The Road Not Taken;' American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times






22. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






23. Book written by George Orwell - announced an insane world of dehumanization through terror in which the individual was systematically obliterated by an all - power elite; key phrases: Big Brother - doublethink - Newspeak - the Ministry of Peace...Tru






24. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






25. A girl (Alice) falls asleep and dreams of a series of adventures; children's novel; fantasy






26. Wrote The Glory Field






27. Wrote Bud Not Buddy - The Watsons Go to Birmingham






28. A group of Chinese mothers and their American - born daughters struggle to communicate and understand each other; four families dipicted Woo - Jong - Hsu - and St. Clair






29. Wrote 'Prometheus Unbound -' 'Ode to the West Wind -' and 'To A Skylark'






30. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






31. Wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer






32. Wrote Charlotte's Web






33. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






34. Wrote Wuthering Heights






35. Wrote Hatchet






36. Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - editor of 'The North Star -' abolitionist - was self - educated slave






37. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






38. Wrote Beloved - The Bluest Eye - and Song of Soloman; female - African - American writer - won Pulitzer Prize in 1988






39. Wrote The House on Mango Street






40. Wrote A Farewell to Arms - The Old Man and the Sea - and The Sun Also Rises; American writer and journalist; veteran of WWI - belongs to literary movement called 'The Lost Generation'






41. Wrote Emma; Pride and Prejudice; Persuasion; Mansfield Park - et al.






42. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






43. After having an affair with a handsome military man - a woman kills herself; russion - 1970s - psychological novel






44. Wrote 'A Fisherman -' 'The Second Coming -' and 'Easter 1916;' Irish poet and dramatist; foremost figures of 20th century literature; British WWI poet






45. Wrote Sounder






46. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






47. In an attempt to prove a theory - a student (Raskolnikov) murders two women - after which he suffers greatly from guilt and worry; psychological drama - setting in the 1860s






48. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance






49. Wrote Crime and Punishment; Russian writer - essayist - philosopher






50. set in modern times and focuses on the current circumstances of Stanley Yelnats - an unfortunate - unlucky young man who is sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he didn't commit