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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. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






7. 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'






8. Extreme exaggeration






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






11. Expresses action or state of being






12. A loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century - who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them; favored intellect over emotions






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






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






15. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






16. 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.






17. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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 usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people






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






21. A sentence that requests or commands






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






23. 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






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






25. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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).






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






46. A sentence that asks a question






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






48. 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






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






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