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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it






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






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






4. A worn - out idea or overused expression






5. 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'






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






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






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






9. A following of one thing after another in time






10. Tell how things are alike and different






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






12. 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'






13. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






14. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






15. A phrase beginning with a preposition






16. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb






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






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






19. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






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






23. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






25. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels






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






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






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






29. 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'






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Expresses action or state of being






36. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






39. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)






40. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions






41. 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






42. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






44. Original and imaginative






45. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds






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






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






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






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