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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote The Chocolate War






2. Wrote Holes






3. Wrote Johnny Tremain






4. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






5. Wrote Bud Not Buddy - The Watsons Go to Birmingham






6. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






7. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






8. A man is shipwrecked on an island - where he lives for more than 20 years - fending off cannibals and creating a pleasant life for himself






9. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






10. Told in chapters alternating from Lorraine's and John's point of view - opens with an 'Oath -' signed by both John and Lorraine - two high school sophomores - in which they swear to tell only the facts - in this 'memorial epic' about their experience






11. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian; therefore - it could be considered anti - utopian; the novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life;






12. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s






13. Wrote 1984 - Animal Farm; dark satire on Stalinist totalitarianism






14. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






15. Wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle;' American author - essayist - biographer - historian






16. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






17. Wrote Hoot






18. Wrote Mrs. Dalloway - Night and Day - The Voyage Out - and Jacob's Room; English novelist and essayist; one of the foremost modernist literary figures of 20th century






19. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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20. Wrote Watership Down






21. Wrote The Lion - the Witch - and the Wardrobe






22. A self - made man (Gatsby) woos and loses a married aristocratic woman (Daisy) he loves






23. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






24. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






25. Wrote Doctor Faustus






26. Wrote Night






27. Wrote The House on Mango Street






28. Wrote A Farewell to Arms - The Old Man and the Sea - and The Sun Also Rises; American writer and journalist; veteran of WWI - belongs to literary movement called 'The Lost Generation'






29. Wrote The Awakening - The Storm; feminist author of the 20th century; born in St. Louis - Missouri






30. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






31. Wrote The Yearling






32. Wrote 'A Fisherman -' 'The Second Coming -' and 'Easter 1916;' Irish poet and dramatist; foremost figures of 20th century literature; British WWI poet






33. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






34. Wrote 'History of a Nun;' prolific dramatist of the Restoration (18th century) - one of the first English female writers






35. Wrote The Aeneid






36. Wrote Wuthering Heights






37. Wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer






38. Wrote Maniac Magee






39. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






40. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






41. Wrote The Invisible Man - The War of the Worlds - The Time Machine






42. Wrote Emma; Pride and Prejudice; Persuasion; Mansfield Park - et al.






43. Wrote 'The Road Not Taken;' American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times






44. Book written by George Orwell - announced an insane world of dehumanization through terror in which the individual was systematically obliterated by an all - power elite; key phrases: Big Brother - doublethink - Newspeak - the Ministry of Peace...Tru






45. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






46. Maintains the bird metaphor throughout the poem's ninety - six lines - describing the various 'flights' of five of her children and her concerns about those remaining in the nest

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47. Wrote Crime and Punishment; Russian writer - essayist - philosopher






48. Wrote David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






49. Wrote The Call of the Wild - Sea - Wolf - White Fang






50. A group of Chinese mothers and their American - born daughters struggle to communicate and understand each other; four families dipicted Woo - Jong - Hsu - and St. Clair







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