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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.






2. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring






3. comparison not using like or as; a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity






4. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






5. A writer's or speaker's choice of words






6. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art






7. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)






8. A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb






9. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'






10. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






11. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb






12. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God






13. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind






14. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






15. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer






16. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.






17. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'






18. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it






19. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story






20. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation






21. 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






22. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.






23. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






24. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






25. A phrase beginning with a preposition






26. Word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over






27. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels






28. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






29. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)






30. A sentence that requests or commands






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






32. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)






33. names a particular person - place - thing or idea






34. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






35. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






36. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'






37. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse






38. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words






39. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






40. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.






41. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






42. A major form of Japanese verse - written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5 - 7 - and 5 syllables - and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons - often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.






43. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






44. Tell how things are alike and different






45. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching






46. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief






47. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage






48. A verb that tells that something is happening now.






49. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age






50. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)