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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A sentence that asks a question






27. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 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'






33. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






39. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






40. A sad or mournful poem






41. 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






42. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect






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






44. 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






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






46. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






47. 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






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






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






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