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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






4. African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance - as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissa






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






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






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






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






13. 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).






14. Expresses action or state of being






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






16. A sentence that asks a question






17. A sentence that requests or commands






18. 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






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






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






21. 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'






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






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






24. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






25. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.






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






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






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






29. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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






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






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






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






41. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age






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






43. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole






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






45. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






46. 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'






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






48. Extreme exaggeration






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






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