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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Extreme exaggeration






2. 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






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






4. A worn - out idea or overused expression






5. 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.






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






15. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part






26. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. A following of one thing after another in time






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






39. 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).






40. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another






41. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






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






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






44. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities






45. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






46. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






48. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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







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