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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action






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






9. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






11. Expresses action or state of being






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






13. 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






14. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






16. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






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






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






20. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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






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






24. Original and imaginative






25. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






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






28. 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






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






30. A sentence that requests or commands






31. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






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






34. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'






35. 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






36. American poet and transcendentalist who was famous for his beliefs on nature - as demonstrated in his book - Leaves of Grass. He was therefore an important part for the buildup of American literature and breaking the traditional rhyme method in writi






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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