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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






11. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind






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






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






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






15. A sentence that asks a question






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






17. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance






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






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






20. Word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over






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






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






23. Original and imaginative






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






25. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






26. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)






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






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






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






30. 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






31. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. A following of one thing after another in time






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






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






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






44. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






45. 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'






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






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






48. 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






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






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






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