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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea






2. Tell how things are alike and different






3. 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






4. 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






5. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






7. Was an English poet and playwright - widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre - eminent dramatist; major works include 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Othello' 'Macbeth' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'






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






9. 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






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






11. A loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century - who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them; favored intellect over emotions






12. 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.






13. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.






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






15. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






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






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






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






19. 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'






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






21. American gothic writer known especially for his macabre poems - such as 'The Raven' (1845) - and short stories - including 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (1839).






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






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






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






25. A sentence that asks a question






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






32. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. A writer's or speaker's choice of words






40. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.






41. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






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






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






46. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






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






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






50. A phrase beginning with a preposition







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