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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. Wrote Hatchet






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






4. A group of poor kids (greasers) hold their own against a group of rich kids (socials aka socs) - losing two of their own in the process; protagonist: Ponyboy Curtis; bildungsroman; setting 1960s






5. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






6. Wrote The Outsiders






7. Wrote Holes






8. Wrote The Fall of the House of Usher - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - and The Raven; wrote poems: 'To Science -' 'The City and the Sea -' and 'Silence;' American writer - poet - editor and literary critic; part of American Romantic Movement






9. A girl (Alice) falls asleep and dreams of a series of adventures; children's novel; fantasy






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. Wrote The Outsiders






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






13. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






14. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






15. Wrote 'Self - Reliance;' Transcendentalist poet - essayist - speaker






16. Wrote The Great Gatsby






17. Wrote The House on Mango Street






18. Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - editor of 'The North Star -' abolitionist - was self - educated slave






19. A great warrior - goes to Denmark on a successful mission to kill Grendel; he returns home to Geatland - where he becomes king and slays a dragon before dying; poem; alliterative verse - elegy - small scale heroic epic; author unknown; setting around






20. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






21. 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






22. 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'






23. '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






24. Wrote Sounder






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






26. Wrote The Real McCoy: The Life of an American Inventor






27. The protagonist of the story is a boy named Sandy whose family must deal with a variety of struggles imposed upon them due to their race and class in society in addition to relating to one another






28. Wrote 'The Birth - Mark -' The Scarlet Letter; works are considered part of the Romantic movement (specifically dark romancism)






29. Four March sisters (Amy - Jo - Beth - Meg) in 19th century New England struggle with poverty - juggle their duties - and their desire to find love






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






31. Wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 20th century Irish author






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






33. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






34. Wrote 'We Are Seven -' 'The Prelude -' and 'The World is Too Much With Us;' English Romantic poet; joint publication of 'Lyrical Ballads' with Samuel Taylor Coleridge; motifs: wanders vs wandering - memory - vision/sight - light - leech gatherer; bel






35. Wrote 'In Reference to her Children;' English - American writer - first notable American poet; first woman to be published in Colonial America






36. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






37. An argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state

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38. The portrait of a sinful young man ages while the young man depicted in the portrait remains youthful; English Gothic novel






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






40. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






41. Wrote Walk Two Moons






42. 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






43. Wrote The Pigman






44. set in modern times and focuses on the current circumstances of Stanley Yelnats - an unfortunate - unlucky young man who is sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he didn't commit






45. Wrote 'Aurora Leigh -' poet of the Victorian era






46. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






47. Wrote Maniac Magee






48. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






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