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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.






2. 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






3. 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






4. A sad or mournful poem






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






6. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






35. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'






36. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief






37. A word that takes the place of a noun






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






44. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching






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






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






47. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






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






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