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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






6. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






13. A sentence that requests or commands






14. Extreme exaggeration






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






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 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






18. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






19. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






20. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






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






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






24. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






27. 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'






28. One of the British Romantics expelled from school for advocating atheism and set out to reform the world. Prometheus Unbound (1820) was a portrait of the revolt of human beings against the laws and customs that oppressed them.






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






30. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






33. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






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






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






36. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse






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






38. A phrase beginning with a preposition






39. A following of one thing after another in time






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. A sad or mournful poem






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






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