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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. comparison not using like or as; a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
complex sentence
noun
metaphor
harlem renaissance
2. 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
C. S. Lewis
John Keats
J. D. Salinger
paradox
3. 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
Walt Whitman
Langston Hughes
free verse
spatial sequence
4. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
Characterization
present perfect verb
adverb
past tense verb
5. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action
compare and contrast
active verb
Antecedent
couplet
6. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
present perfect verb
creative
simple sentence
line graph
7. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
Foreshadowing
free verse
allegory
pie chart
8. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
imperative sentence
Langston Hughes
point of view
Foreshadowing
9. 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'
Henry David Thoreau
Willa Cather
tone
Walt Whitman
10. 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
limerick
personification
appeal to authority
Henry David Thoreau
11. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
point of view
Emily Dickinson
compound sentence
John Keats
12. A following of one thing after another in time
chronological sequence
past perfect verb
novel
Participle
13. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
homophone
active verb
cause and effect
appositive
14. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
novel
John Keats
expository
Ray Bradbury
15. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
Mark Twain
George Orwell
Stephen Crane
synecdoche
16. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears
J. D. Salinger
Alice Walker
participial
Stephen Crane
17. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
mystery
cause and effect
George Herbert
Ray Bradbury
18. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
science fiction
tone
British Romantics
Epic
19. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
allegory
persuasive
conjunction
Henry David Thoreau
20. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
appositive
Herman Melville
prepositional phrase
voice
21. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
Alliteration
science fiction
George Herbert
personification
22. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
adverb
complex sentence
Langston Hughes
simple sentence
23. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
Modeling
personification
Ray Bradbury
sentence fragment
24. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
fable
short story
pronoun
past tense verb
25. 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
Simile
Questioning
metaphor
infinitive
26. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
hyperbole
Metaphysical poets
past perfect verb
exclamatory sentence
27. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective
Mark Twain
Activating Prior Knowledge
Harper Lee
Participle
28. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
fairy tale
present tense verb
compound complex sentence
expository
29. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
preposition
couplet
pronoun
J. D. Salinger
30. A phrase beginning with a preposition
C. S. Lewis
infinitive
line graph
prepositional phrase
31. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
mood
William Shakespeare
setting
appeal to emotion
32. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
Building Metacognition
mood
Countee Cullen
33. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti
Edgar Allan Poe
Irony
Diction
Transcendentalism
34. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
participial
novel
George Orwell
William Shakespeare
35. Original and imaginative
compound complex sentence
creative
elegy
Transcendentalism
36. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
fable
bar graph
folk tale
chronological sequence
37. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
metonymy
symbolism
Activating Prior Knowledge
common noun
38. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
hyperbole
pronoun
Simile
Willa Cather
39. 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.
haiku
setting
F. Scott Fitzgerald
legend
40. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
declarative sentence
apostrophe
Mark Twain
style
41. A sad or mournful poem
personification
compound sentence
elegy
sonnet
42. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize
folk tale
F. Scott Fitzgerald
persuasive
Harper Lee
43. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
elegy
Harper Lee
compare and contrast
appeal to authority
44. A worn - out idea or overused expression
collective noun
Scaffolding
Alice Walker
Cliche
45. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
Amy Tan
George Herbert
sentence fragment
Simile
46. Word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over
elegy
Walt Whitman
preposition
Harper Lee
47. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
collective noun
noun
Alliteration
harlem renaissance
48. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
declarative sentence
extended metaphor
Questioning
Dialect
49. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
metonymy
passive verb
setting
Maya Angelou
50. Tell how things are alike and different
Amy Tan
common noun
compare and contrast
present tense verb