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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






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






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






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






5. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






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






8. 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






9. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






11. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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






14. 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).






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






16. A sentence that asks a question






17. A writer's or speaker's choice of words






18. 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'






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)






35. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






37. A verb that tells that something is happening now.






38. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






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






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






43. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






44. A sentence that requests or commands






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






46. A major form of Japanese verse - written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5 - 7 - and 5 syllables - and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons - often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.






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






48. 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






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






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