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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






3. 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).






4. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. A sentence that requests or commands






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






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






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






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






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






16. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. A sad or mournful poem






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






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






26. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance






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






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






29. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






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






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






39. 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'






40. African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance - as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissa






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






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






50. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)