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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A sentence that asks a question






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






3. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






4. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






5. Extreme exaggeration






6. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'






7. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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'






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






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






14. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect






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






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






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






28. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb; the uninflected form of the verb






29. Original and imaginative






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






31. Expresses action or state of being






32. A sentence that requests or commands






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






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






35. 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






36. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Tell how things are alike and different






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






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