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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.






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






4. 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






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






6. 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'






7. 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






8. A sentence that asks a question






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. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






11. American transcendentalist who was against a government that supported slavery. He wrote down his beliefs in Walden. He started the movement of civil - disobedience when he refused to pay the toll - tax to support him Mexican War; wrote 'Walden'






12. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation






24. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






26. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






27. Expresses action or state of being






28. 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.






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






30. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






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






34. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets






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






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






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






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






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






40. A sad or mournful poem






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






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






43. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






44. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark






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






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






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






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. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






50. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea