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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence






2. A sentence that requests or commands






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






4. A sad or mournful poem






5. A following of one thing after another in time






6. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'






7. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses






8. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






11. 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






12. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action






13. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






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






16. 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'






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






21. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. A phrase beginning with a preposition






29. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb






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






31. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)






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






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






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






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






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






49. A word that takes the place of a noun






50. 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