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. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)






2. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect






3. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.






4. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'






5. A writer's or speaker's choice of words






6. 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






7. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






8. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. A word that takes the place of a noun






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)






14. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






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






16. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'






17. A sad or mournful poem






18. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities






19. A following of one thing after another in time






20. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






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






22. 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






23. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer






24. 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.






25. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






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






27. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






28. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels






29. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'






30. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.






31. Tell how things are alike and different






32. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction






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






34. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






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






36. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






37. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark






38. Extreme exaggeration






39. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






40. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.






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






42. A worn - out idea or overused expression






43. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse






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






45. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






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






47. 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






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






49. A narrative handed down from the past - containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements






50. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb