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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action






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






3. African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance - as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissa






4. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions






5. A kind of humorous verse of five lines - in which the first - second - and fifth lines rhyme with each other - and the third and fourth lines - which are shorter - form a rhymed couplet






6. 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






7. Extreme exaggeration






8. Original and imaginative






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






10. Originated in late 18th century when poets wrote about nature and beauty - They contrasted the beauty of naure to the harsh reality of the world and cities after the Industrial Revolution - William Wordsworth - William Blake - Percy Bysshe Shelly - J






11. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses






12. A narrative handed down from the past - containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements






13. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






14. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






15. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)






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






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






18. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective






19. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause






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






21. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning






22. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






23. American gothic writer known especially for his macabre poems - such as 'The Raven' (1845) - and short stories - including 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (1839).






24. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain






25. 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






26. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time






27. A following of one thing after another in time






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






29. 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






30. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti






31. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence






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






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






34. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets






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






36. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






37. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'






38. Tell how things are alike and different






39. 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






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






41. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future






42. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






43. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction






44. Two consecutive rhyming lines






45. 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






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






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






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






49. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb






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