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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective






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






3. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






5. A phrase beginning with a preposition






6. Extreme exaggeration






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






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






9. 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'






10. 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






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






12. Two consecutive rhyming lines






13. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






20. Original and imaginative






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






33. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets






34. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






35. A sentence that requests or commands






36. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






38. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)






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






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






41. 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






42. A sentence that asks a question






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






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






45. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






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






49. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)






50. 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