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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






12. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






19. 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






20. helping students to achieve independence in reading by first giving support and then gradually taking it away as students are ready to do the tasks on their own






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






22. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. A sad or mournful poem






30. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






31. 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).






32. 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






33. 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'






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A sentence that asks a question






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






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






44. Extreme exaggeration






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






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






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






48. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished






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






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







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