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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A worn - out idea or overused expression






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






3. A following of one thing after another in time






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






5. 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






6. Original and imaginative






7. Two consecutive rhyming lines






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






9. A sad or mournful poem






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






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






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






13. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






14. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






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






16. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'






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






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






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






20. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art






21. A kind of humorous verse of five lines - in which the first - second - and fifth lines rhyme with each other - and the third and fourth lines - which are shorter - form a rhymed couplet






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






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






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






25. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind






26. An English writer - poet - philologist - and university professor - best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit - The Lord of the Rings - and The Silmarillion






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






35. 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'






36. 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






37. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning






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






39. 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






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






41. A word that takes the place of a noun






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






48. 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






49. 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'






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