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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. Four March sisters (Amy - Jo - Beth - Meg) in 19th century New England struggle with poverty - juggle their duties - and their desire to find love






3. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula






4. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






5. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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6. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






7. An impoverished young woman (Jane) struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression - prejudice - and love; Gothic novel - bildungsroman - social portest novel






8. Wrote The Aeneid






9. Wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 20th century Irish author






10. A Trojan (Aeneas) destined to found Rome - undergoes many trials on land and sea during his journey to Italy - finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.






11. Wrote 'On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer -' 'To Autumn -' and 'Bright Star - Would I Were Stedfast As Thou Art;' English poet in Romantic movement during early 19th century; motifs include departures and reveries - the five sense and art - and th






12. Wrote The Bell Jar; born during the great depression






13. A black girl growing up in the South struggles against racism - sexism - and lack of power






14. Wrote The Hobbit






15. The protagonist of the story is a boy named Sandy whose family must deal with a variety of struggles imposed upon them due to their race and class in society in addition to relating to one another






16. A monomaniacal captain tries and fails to kill a monstrous white whale; adventure story - quest tale - allegory; protagonist: Ishmael - Ahab; antogonist: Ahab - great white sperm whale






17. Wrote 1984 - Animal Farm; dark satire on Stalinist totalitarianism






18. 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






19. Wrote Maniac Magee






20. Wrote The Great Gatsby






21. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






22. Wrote 'Self - Reliance;' Transcendentalist poet - essayist - speaker






23. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






24. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






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






27. 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






28. 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'






29. 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






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






31. '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






32. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






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






34. Told in chapters alternating from Lorraine's and John's point of view - opens with an 'Oath -' signed by both John and Lorraine - two high school sophomores - in which they swear to tell only the facts - in this 'memorial epic' about their experience






35. Wrote Holes






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






37. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






38. Wrote Frankenstein; Romantic British novelist - short story writer - dramatist - essayist - biographer - travel writer






39. 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






40. Wrote Ethan Frome






41. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






42. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






43. Wrote Out of the Dust






44. Wrote The Yearling






45. Wrote The Outsiders






46. Wrote Johnny Tremain






47. 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






48. Wrote Sounder






49. A great warrior - goes to Denmark on a successful mission to kill Grendel; he returns home to Geatland - where he becomes king and slays a dragon before dying; poem; alliterative verse - elegy - small scale heroic epic; author unknown; setting around






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







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