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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






2. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






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






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






6. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






7. 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






8. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief






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






10. A sentence that asks a question






11. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. A sentence that requests or commands






18. helping students to achieve independence in reading by first giving support and then gradually taking it away as students are ready to do the tasks on their own






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction






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






38. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






39. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






40. 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.






41. 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






42. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






43. 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'






44. Tell how things are alike and different






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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