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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)






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






3. A kind of humorous verse of five lines - in which the first - second - and fifth lines rhyme with each other - and the third and fourth lines - which are shorter - form a rhymed couplet






4. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'






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






12. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story






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






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






15. 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






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






17. A sad or mournful poem






18. 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






19. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






20. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






21. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






23. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






38. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






39. 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'






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






41. Original and imaginative






42. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






46. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






47. 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'






48. 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






49. 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'






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