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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






3. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






6. American poet and transcendentalist who was famous for his beliefs on nature - as demonstrated in his book - Leaves of Grass. He was therefore an important part for the buildup of American literature and breaking the traditional rhyme method in writi






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






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






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






10. verb that can be used as an adjective






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






12. 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






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






14. 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'






15. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






17. 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).






18. A phrase beginning with a preposition






19. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels






20. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






21. Extreme exaggeration






22. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. Tell how things are alike and different






30. Expresses action or state of being






31. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective






32. 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






33. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






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






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






36. Was an English poet and playwright - widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre - eminent dramatist; major works include 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Othello' 'Macbeth' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'






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






38. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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