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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'






2. 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






3. 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






4. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






5. A sentence that requests or commands






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






7. 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






8. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






10. 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






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. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






13. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






14. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective






15. 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






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






17. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






19. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






21. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






23. A word that takes the place of a noun






24. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage






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






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






27. Extreme exaggeration






28. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






30. American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self - reliance - optimism - self - improvement - self - confidence - and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement; Wrote 'Self - Reliance'






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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