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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished






2. Original and imaginative






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






22. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






24. 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'






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)






35. A sad or mournful poem






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






37. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.






38. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






41. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






48. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb






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






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