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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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'






9. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti






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






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






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






13. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






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






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






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






18. A following of one thing after another in time






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






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






21. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






24. 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






25. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






44. Tell how things are alike and different






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






46. A sentence that requests or commands






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






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






49. American poet and transcendentalist who was famous for his beliefs on nature - as demonstrated in his book - Leaves of Grass. He was therefore an important part for the buildup of American literature and breaking the traditional rhyme method in writi






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