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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






3. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'






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






5. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963); 'The Road Not Taken' 'Fire and Ice' 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'






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






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






14. Tell how things are alike and different






15. A word that takes the place of a noun






16. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect






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






18. American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self - reliance - optimism - self - improvement - self - confidence - and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement; Wrote 'Self - Reliance'






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






20. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize






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






22. A sentence that asks a question






23. Was an English poet and playwright - widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre - eminent dramatist; major works include 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Othello' 'Macbeth' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'






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






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






26. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






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






38. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb; the uninflected form of the verb






39. 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






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






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






42. Extreme exaggeration






43. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.






44. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






46. 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'






47. 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






48. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities






49. An English writer - poet - philologist - and university professor - best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit - The Lord of the Rings - and The Silmarillion






50. A worn - out idea or overused expression