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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'






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






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






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






5. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it






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






7. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






8. 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






9. Tell how things are alike and different






10. Expresses action or state of being






11. 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






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






13. 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'






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






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






16. A phrase beginning with a preposition






17. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation






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. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






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






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






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






24. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






27. 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'






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Extreme exaggeration






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






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






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






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






41. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula






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






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






44. Two consecutive rhyming lines






45. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






47. A sentence that asks a question






48. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






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






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