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Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Tell how things are alike and different






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






4. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






7. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






8. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






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






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






11. 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






12. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses






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






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






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






16. 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'






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






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






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






20. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction






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






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






23. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






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. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A phrase beginning with a preposition






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






46. 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






47. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses






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






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






50. A following of one thing after another in time