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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.






2. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






3. 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






4. Two consecutive rhyming lines






5. 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






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






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






8. Original and imaginative






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






19. 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






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






21. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities






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






23. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time






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






31. Tell how things are alike and different






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






40. 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






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






42. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






43. 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






44. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






45. 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'






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






47. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






48. 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).






49. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.






50. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'