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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'






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






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






4. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






6. A worn - out idea or overused expression






7. Original and imaginative






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






9. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'






10. 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






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






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






13. A following of one thing after another in time






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






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






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






17. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






19. Tell how things are alike and different






20. Extreme exaggeration






21. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






22. 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






23. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






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






27. Two consecutive rhyming lines






28. 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






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






31. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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






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






35. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






36. 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






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






38. 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'






39. A sentence that requests or commands






40. 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.






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






42. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






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







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