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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






2. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people






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






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






5. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






6. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






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






10. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb






11. American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self - reliance - optimism - self - improvement - self - confidence - and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement; Wrote 'Self - Reliance'






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






13. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






16. 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'






17. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring






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






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






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






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






22. Original and imaginative






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






24. Tell how things are alike and different






25. 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






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






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






28. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






36. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain






37. 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






38. Originated in late 18th century when poets wrote about nature and beauty - They contrasted the beauty of naure to the harsh reality of the world and cities after the Industrial Revolution - William Wordsworth - William Blake - Percy Bysshe Shelly - J






39. A sentence that asks a question






40. 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






41. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought






50. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions