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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






2. A loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century - who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them; favored intellect over emotions






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






4. Extreme exaggeration






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






6. 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






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






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






9. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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'






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 phrase beginning with a preposition






21. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






33. A sentence that requests or commands






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






35. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






36. 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






37. 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).






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






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






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






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 following of one thing after another in time






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






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






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






46. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






47. One of the British Romantics expelled from school for advocating atheism and set out to reform the world. Prometheus Unbound (1820) was a portrait of the revolt of human beings against the laws and customs that oppressed them.






48. 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






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






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