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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)






2. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






4. A sentence that requests or commands






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






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






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






8. Two consecutive rhyming lines






9. 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






10. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






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






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






14. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)






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






16. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






19. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it






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






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






32. 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






33. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






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






36. 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






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






38. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.






45. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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







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