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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 noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
present tense verb
collective noun
fable
verb
2. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
independent clause
appositive
preposition
common noun
3. A word that takes the place of a noun
pronoun
Foreshadowing
participial
adjective
4. A sentence that asks a question
collective noun
Walt Whitman
interrogative sentence
proper noun
5. Expresses action or state of being
verb
Dialect
present tense verb
Andrew Marvell
6. A sentence that requests or commands
pie chart
paradox
spatial sequence
imperative sentence
7. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective
Participle
chronological sequence
C. S. Lewis
novel
8. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
voice
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alice Walker
symbolism
9. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
spatial sequence
infinitive
symbolism
point of view
10. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
Jane Austen
George Orwell
appeal to emotion
appeal to authority
11. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
mystery
past perfect verb
appositive
homophone
12. 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
declarative sentence
spatial sequence
Metaphysical poets
appeal to authority
13. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
John Keats
appeal to emotion
haiku
prepositional phrase
14. 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'
past tense verb
Henry David Thoreau
J. D. Salinger
adjective
15. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
Maya Angelou
Langston Hughes
exclamatory sentence
Questioning
16. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
paradox
appositive
Imagery
Amy Tan
17. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
persuasive
bar graph
mystery
Henry David Thoreau
18. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
imperative sentence
elegy
noun
Building Metacognition
19. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet
hyperbole
Maya Angelou
J. D. Salinger
personification
20. A narrative handed down from the past - containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements
mood
apostrophe
legend
imperative sentence
21. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
Anne Frank
adjective
John Donne
Langston Hughes
22. 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
Walt Whitman
pie chart
compare and contrast
couplet
23. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
Dialect
Epic
past tense verb
sentence fragment
24. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Andrew Marvell
Questioning
present tense verb
Foreshadowing
25. Two consecutive rhyming lines
symbol
George Orwell
elegy
couplet
26. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
cause and effect
compound sentence
Scaffolding
Allusion
27. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
infinitive
Jane Austen
metonymy
synecdoche
28. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
Maya Angelou
complex sentence
John Keats
compound complex sentence
29. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
George Herbert
historical fiction
future perfect verb
Irony
30. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
Anne Frank
harlem renaissance
Mark Twain
extended metaphor
31. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula
George Orwell
free verse
Emily Dickinson
Activating Prior Knowledge
32. verb that can be used as an adjective
past tense verb
participial
homophone
Andrew Marvell
33. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
Harper Lee
present tense verb
Langston Hughes
exclamatory sentence
34. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Harper Lee
chronological sequence
simple sentence
35. United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963); 'The Road Not Taken' 'Fire and Ice' 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'
prepositional phrase
Robert Frost
Subject Verb Agreement
historical fiction
36. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
setting
bar graph
point of view
harlem renaissance
37. A sad or mournful poem
elegy
Mary Shelley
Epic
Ralph Waldo Emerson
38. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
present tense verb
folk tale
persuasive
symbol
39. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
hyperbole
Stephen Crane
Anne Frank
declarative sentence
40. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring
Building Metacognition
metaphor
common noun
passive verb
41. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun
Zora Neale Hurston
appositive
Scaffolding
paradox
42. Original and imaginative
Irony
Robert Frost
interrogative sentence
creative
43. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Simile
Analogy
simple sentence
Subject Verb Agreement
44. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
collective noun
active verb
compound complex sentence
limerick
45. 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
collective noun
John Keats
Percy Bysshe Shelley
dependent clause
46. 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
complex sentence
Maya Angelou
C. S. Lewis
mystery
47. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Epic
mystery
Dialect
allegory
48. 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
Scaffolding
declarative sentence
Metaphysical poets
Ray Bradbury
49. American gothic writer known especially for his macabre poems - such as 'The Raven' (1845) - and short stories - including 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (1839).
Edgar Allan Poe
present perfect verb
adverb
John Keats
50. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Alice Walker
present tense verb
past tense verb
Modeling