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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea






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






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






9. 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'






10. A major form of Japanese verse - written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5 - 7 - and 5 syllables - and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons - often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.






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






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






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






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






15. An English writer - poet - philologist - and university professor - best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit - The Lord of the Rings - and The Silmarillion






16. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark






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






18. 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'






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Original and imaginative






24. A sentence that requests or commands






25. 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






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






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






28. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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).






35. 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






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






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






38. 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'






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






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






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






42. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






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






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






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






46. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds






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






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






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






50. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern