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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
appeal to authority
past perfect verb
John Donne
historical fiction
2. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
complex sentence
Activating Prior Knowledge
chronological sequence
Herman Melville
3. A following of one thing after another in time
Imagery
novel
apostrophe
chronological sequence
4. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
participial
common noun
prepositional phrase
Zora Neale Hurston
5. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
participial
Ray Bradbury
conjunction
prepositional phrase
6. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
Allusion
conjunction
passive verb
participial
7. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Epic
line graph
homophone
preposition
8. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Questioning
George Herbert
preposition
Dialect
9. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
Characterization
imperative sentence
tone
past perfect verb
10. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
hyperbole
Diction
present tense verb
11. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
setting
compare and contrast
style
line graph
12. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
Alliteration
passive verb
Maya Angelou
haiku
13. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
Mary Shelley
personification
mood
Characterization
14. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Modeling
Allusion
Stephen Crane
Percy Bysshe Shelley
15. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
metonymy
synecdoche
Dialect
adjective
16. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
compare and contrast
symbol
free verse
Herman Melville
17. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
harlem renaissance
Alice Walker
Allusion
mystery
18. 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
John Donne
short story
limerick
haiku
19. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
past perfect verb
compare and contrast
point of view
C. S. Lewis
20. 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
mystery
prepositional phrase
J.R.R. Tolkein
Irony
21. A word that takes the place of a noun
pronoun
adjective
setting
folk tale
22. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
science fiction
past tense verb
compound complex sentence
future perfect verb
23. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
bar graph
metaphor
Characterization
Building Metacognition
24. A sentence that requests or commands
Zora Neale Hurston
Mary Shelley
setting
imperative sentence
25. 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'
Allusion
apostrophe
preposition
Robert Frost
26. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
chronological sequence
metonymy
preposition
conjunction
27. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
voice
limerick
folk tale
hyperbole
28. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions
imperative sentence
synecdoche
couplet
Activating Prior Knowledge
29. 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.
voice
Percy Bysshe Shelley
John Keats
John Keats
30. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
extended metaphor
expository
mystery
Scaffolding
31. 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
appositive
infinitive
Characterization
independent clause
32. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
past perfect verb
prepositional phrase
Irony
J. D. Salinger
33. Tell how things are alike and different
voice
compare and contrast
pie chart
mystery
34. 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
active verb
Alice Walker
participial
35. A sentence that asks a question
Emily Dickinson
extended metaphor
interrogative sentence
setting
36. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
Langston Hughes
noun
sentence fragment
proper noun
37. A worn - out idea or overused expression
Mary Shelley
conjunction
Cliche
declarative sentence
38. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
Ralph Waldo Emerson
compound complex sentence
compound sentence
Alliteration
39. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mary Shelley
C. S. Lewis
cause and effect
40. 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).
paradox
fairy tale
compound complex sentence
Edgar Allan Poe
41. 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
Walt Whitman
prepositional phrase
haiku
42. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
Mary Shelley
Antecedent
preposition
present tense verb
43. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
Alice Walker
Participle
Ralph Waldo Emerson
present tense verb
44. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective
collective noun
adverb
Diction
Participle
45. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
Edgar Allan Poe
imperative sentence
appeal to authority
symbolism
46. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
tone
Langston Hughes
Stephen Crane
independent clause
47. African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance - as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissa
Ray Bradbury
Langston Hughes
Metaphysical poets
fable
48. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story
harlem renaissance
symbolism
conjunction
historical fiction
49. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
spatial sequence
pie chart
declarative sentence
fable
50. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Analogy
paradox
John Keats
myth