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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)






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






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






4. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






5. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun






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






7. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)






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






9. 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






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






11. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.






12. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






13. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another






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






25. Extreme exaggeration






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






27. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






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






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






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






33. Tell how things are alike and different






34. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






41. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






42. Expresses action or state of being






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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'






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






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






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