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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind






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






3. 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






4. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






6. A sentence that asks a question






7. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Two consecutive rhyming lines






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Original and imaginative






35. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause






36. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






38. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






40. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






41. Extreme exaggeration






42. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






44. A sentence that requests or commands






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






46. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






48. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






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