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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






2. Extreme exaggeration






3. 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






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






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






6. A phrase beginning with a preposition






7. 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






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






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






10. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






16. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause






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






18. 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).






19. A following of one thing after another in time






20. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part






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






22. 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






23. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






24. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible






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






26. Original and imaginative






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






28. 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.






29. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






31. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities






32. A sentence that requests or commands






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. 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






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






36. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'






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