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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief






2. United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963); 'The Road Not Taken' 'Fire and Ice' 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'






3. 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






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






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






6. A word that takes the place of a noun






7. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






20. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






28. A sentence that asks a question






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






30. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A sentence that requests or commands






39. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching






40. Expresses action or state of being






41. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






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






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






46. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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






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






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