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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A word that takes the place of a noun






2. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






3. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






5. 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






6. verb that can be used as an adjective






7. 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






8. A following of one thing after another in time






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






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






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






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






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






14. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






15. 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






16. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over






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






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






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






36. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought






37. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






43. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels






44. 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






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






46. Extreme exaggeration






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






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






49. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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