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Praxis 2 English Literature
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A word that takes the place of a noun
extended metaphor
expository
pronoun
independent clause
2. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
elegy
George Herbert
Maya Angelou
point of view
3. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
fable
fairy tale
Alliteration
participial
4. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
Metaphysical poets
science fiction
Alice Walker
Willa Cather
5. A phrase beginning with a preposition
verb
sentence fragment
free verse
prepositional phrase
6. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
legend
Simile
harlem renaissance
pronoun
7. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
independent clause
Questioning
Subject Verb Agreement
historical fiction
8. 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
participial
Metaphysical poets
conjunction
Scaffolding
9. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
F. Scott Fitzgerald
science fiction
declarative sentence
extended metaphor
10. A sentence that asks a question
line graph
Alliteration
couplet
interrogative sentence
11. 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
Analogy
John Keats
Allusion
Irony
12. verb that can be used as an adjective
Foreshadowing
British Romantics
participial
Willa Cather
13. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
J. D. Salinger
Langston Hughes
Mark Twain
couplet
14. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
symbolism
Ralph Waldo Emerson
line graph
novel
15. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Edgar Allan Poe
cause and effect
Subject Verb Agreement
Zora Neale Hurston
16. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
extended metaphor
persuasive
past tense verb
proper noun
17. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
apostrophe
pie chart
Simile
Participle
18. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
complex sentence
apostrophe
George Herbert
Edgar Allan Poe
19. Extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
tone
preposition
creative
20. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
sonnet
participial
Ralph Waldo Emerson
mood
21. 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'
pronoun
compound complex sentence
Allusion
William Shakespeare
22. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
exclamatory sentence
hyperbole
short story
sentence fragment
23. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Edgar Allan Poe
proper noun
Alliteration
Subject Verb Agreement
24. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
past perfect verb
Characterization
past tense verb
elegy
25. A following of one thing after another in time
Harper Lee
future perfect verb
chronological sequence
Metaphysical poets
26. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
Emily Dickinson
synecdoche
historical fiction
Building Metacognition
27. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
Metaphysical poets
elegy
science fiction
appeal to authority
28. A sad or mournful poem
Maya Angelou
Willa Cather
elegy
Diction
29. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind
imperative sentence
Countee Cullen
present perfect verb
Activating Prior Knowledge
30. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
complex sentence
couplet
tone
Foreshadowing
31. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
conjunction
allegory
apostrophe
present tense verb
32. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Irony
historical fiction
Diction
hyperbole
33. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
Scaffolding
proper noun
Ray Bradbury
common noun
34. 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
mood
British Romantics
metaphor
Walt Whitman
35. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
synecdoche
Epic
Scaffolding
elegy
36. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
point of view
short story
independent clause
Allusion
37. A major form of Japanese verse - written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5 - 7 - and 5 syllables - and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons - often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
active verb
Participle
metonymy
haiku
38. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb; the uninflected form of the verb
metonymy
infinitive
exclamatory sentence
Countee Cullen
39. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
short story
expository
limerick
present tense verb
40. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
Irony
British Romantics
elegy
past perfect verb
41. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
free verse
compound complex sentence
past perfect verb
collective noun
42. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
line graph
metonymy
mystery
Langston Hughes
43. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
elegy
Herman Melville
spatial sequence
Transcendentalism
44. A loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century - who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them; favored intellect over emotions
Anne Frank
Scaffolding
Zora Neale Hurston
Metaphysical poets
45. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
simple sentence
Epic
adverb
F. Scott Fitzgerald
46. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
Anne Frank
George Herbert
Simile
Activating Prior Knowledge
47. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
tone
Alliteration
metonymy
preposition
48. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Dialect
conjunction
J.R.R. Tolkein
Maya Angelou
49. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
Building Metacognition
fable
Countee Cullen
symbol
50. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
cause and effect
appeal to authority
Activating Prior Knowledge
John Keats