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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






9. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation






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






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






12. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






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






15. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






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






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






25. 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).






26. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






39. Original and imaginative






40. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






41. Tell how things are alike and different






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






43. A sentence that requests or commands






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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