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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A sentence that requests or commands






2. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






10. A sentence that asks a question






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. A word that takes the place of a noun






23. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions






24. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






26. Tell how things are alike and different






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






28. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






29. 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






30. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






31. Extreme exaggeration






32. 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'






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






34. 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






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






36. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






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






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






40. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti






41. A phrase beginning with a preposition






42. 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






43. 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






44. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






45. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






46. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






47. 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






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






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






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






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