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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






19. verb that can be used as an adjective






20. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






34. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






36. A following of one thing after another in time






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






38. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






39. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






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






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






43. A major form of Japanese verse - written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5 - 7 - and 5 syllables - and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons - often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.






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






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






46. 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






47. 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'






48. 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






49. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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