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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






3. Tell how things are alike and different






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






5. A word that takes the place of a noun






6. 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






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






8. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






16. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






19. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






21. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






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






28. Original and imaginative






29. 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'






30. 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






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






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






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






34. A sad or mournful poem






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






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






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






38. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






40. 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






41. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






46. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa






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






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






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






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







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