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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun






2. 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






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. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning






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






6. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






25. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






26. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






33. Original and imaginative






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






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






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






38. 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).






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






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






41. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






43. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age






44. Originated in late 18th century when poets wrote about nature and beauty - They contrasted the beauty of naure to the harsh reality of the world and cities after the Industrial Revolution - William Wordsworth - William Blake - Percy Bysshe Shelly - J






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Expresses action or state of being