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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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'






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






3. A sentence that asks a question






4. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities






5. A sad or mournful poem






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






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






8. 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






9. 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.






10. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'






11. A sentence that requests or commands






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






13. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






15. Expresses action or state of being






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






17. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






18. A following of one thing after another in time






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. comparison not using like or as; a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity






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






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






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






34. American poet and transcendentalist who was famous for his beliefs on nature - as demonstrated in his book - Leaves of Grass. He was therefore an important part for the buildup of American literature and breaking the traditional rhyme method in writi






35. 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'






36. 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






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






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






39. A loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century - who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them; favored intellect over emotions






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






41. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






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






44. Extreme exaggeration






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






46. 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






47. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






49. 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






50. Tell how things are alike and different