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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition






2. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






4. African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance - as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissa






5. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






6. 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






7. A sentence that requests or commands






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






9. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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






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






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






25. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action






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






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






28. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Expresses action or state of being






39. 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






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






41. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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).






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






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