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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage






2. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






3. A writer's or speaker's choice of words






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.






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






12. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






16. Word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over






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






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






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






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






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






22. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






24. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another






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






26. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






28. Two consecutive rhyming lines






29. 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






30. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






32. 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'






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






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






35. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.






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






37. 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'






38. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.






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






40. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






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






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






43. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.






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






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






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






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






48. Extreme exaggeration






49. A word that takes the place of a noun






50. 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