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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






11. 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






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






13. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






14. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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'






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






19. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions






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






21. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark






22. 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






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






24. A sentence that requests or commands






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






26. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole






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






28. 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'






29. 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






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






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






32. A following of one thing after another in time






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






34. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






35. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






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






39. Expresses action or state of being






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






41. 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






42. Extreme exaggeration






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea






50. 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.