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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






14. verb that can be used as an adjective






15. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






16. Extreme exaggeration






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






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






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






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






21. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






23. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible






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






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






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






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






28. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






30. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Was an Irish - born British[1] novelist - academic - medievalist - literary critic - essayist - lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is also known for his fiction - especially The Screwtape Letters - The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilo






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






38. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






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






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






42. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






44. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part






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






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






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






48. A sad or mournful poem






49. A sentence that requests or commands






50. 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.