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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






3. A following of one thing after another in time






4. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'






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






6. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






9. 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'






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






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






12. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa






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






14. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






23. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






25. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






26. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






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






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






38. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring






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






40. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize






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






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






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






44. Was an English poet and playwright - widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre - eminent dramatist; major works include 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Othello' 'Macbeth' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'






45. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






46. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






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






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






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