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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'






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






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






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






9. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art






10. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






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






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






14. Extreme exaggeration






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






16. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.






17. 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






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






19. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula






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






21. 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'






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






23. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'






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






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






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






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






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






29. A sad or mournful poem






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






37. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






38. Expresses action or state of being






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






40. Two consecutive rhyming lines






41. 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'






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






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






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






45. 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






46. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






48. Original and imaginative






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






50. 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