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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






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






4. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.






5. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






7. A sad or mournful poem






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






17. 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






18. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






20. 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'






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






22. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






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






24. Two consecutive rhyming lines






25. 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'






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






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






28. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it






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






50. A word that takes the place of a noun