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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A verb that tells that something is happening now.






2. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible






3. Was an Irish - born British[1] novelist - academic - medievalist - literary critic - essayist - lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is also known for his fiction - especially The Screwtape Letters - The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilo






4. 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






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






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






7. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






8. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)






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






10. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds






11. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities






12. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






14. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






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






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






17. Two consecutive rhyming lines






18. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.






19. 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






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






21. 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.






22. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'






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






24. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action






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






26. 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






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






28. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action






29. 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).






30. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






32. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






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






36. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






37. American transcendentalist who was against a government that supported slavery. He wrote down his beliefs in Walden. He started the movement of civil - disobedience when he refused to pay the toll - tax to support him Mexican War; wrote 'Walden'






38. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






39. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






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






41. 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






42. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






43. Extreme exaggeration






44. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






47. A sentence that asks a question






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






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






50. 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