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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






3. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






9. Extreme exaggeration






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






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






12. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






13. A writer's or speaker's choice of words






14. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






16. Two consecutive rhyming lines






17. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






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






21. verb that can be used as an adjective






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






27. A sentence that asks a question






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Tell how things are alike and different






35. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'






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






37. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






40. 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'






41. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story






42. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition






43. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities






44. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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