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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






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






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






4. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






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






7. A narrative handed down from the past - containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements






8. Original and imaginative






9. 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






10. A worn - out idea or overused expression






11. A sentence that asks a question






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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.






18. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






19. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






20. 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'






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






22. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole






23. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






24. 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






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






26. Expresses action or state of being






27. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






29. 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






30. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished






31. 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






32. verb that can be used as an adjective






33. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






36. 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'






37. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun






38. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art






39. Tell how things are alike and different






40. A word that takes the place of a noun






41. 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






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






43. 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'






44. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






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






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






49. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






50. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)







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