Test your basic knowledge |

Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities






2. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)






3. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






4. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions






5. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)






6. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)






7. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.






8. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age






9. A sad or mournful poem






10. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa






11. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God






12. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage






13. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses






14. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






15. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






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






17. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring






18. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions






19. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets






20. 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






21. Methods a writer uses to develop characters






22. Tell how things are alike and different






23. A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb






24. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause






25. A word that takes the place of a noun






26. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished






27. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole






28. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it






29. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)






30. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain






31. American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self - reliance - optimism - self - improvement - self - confidence - and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement; Wrote 'Self - Reliance'






32. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'






33. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings






34. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






35. Original and imaginative






36. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize






37. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief






38. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story






39. A sentence that asks a question






40. 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






41. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.






42. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future






43. 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






44. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought






45. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'






46. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition






47. 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).






48. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea






49. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)






50. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work