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Praxis 2 English Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
persuasive
pronoun
mystery
compound sentence
2. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Questioning
Antecedent
myth
Alliteration
3. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
couplet
bar graph
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scaffolding
4. 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
fairy tale
Edgar Allan Poe
Walt Whitman
C. S. Lewis
5. verb that can be used as an adjective
participial
past perfect verb
Maya Angelou
Dialect
6. 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
point of view
Participle
dependent clause
infinitive
7. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
Transcendentalism
future perfect verb
declarative sentence
Mary Shelley
8. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
adjective
past tense verb
homophone
Henry David Thoreau
9. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
point of view
present perfect verb
symbolism
Mary Shelley
10. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
harlem renaissance
sentence fragment
homophone
bar graph
11. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
cause and effect
Zora Neale Hurston
noun
folk tale
12. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
active verb
Building Metacognition
fable
sentence fragment
13. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
appeal to emotion
Ray Bradbury
simple sentence
compound complex sentence
14. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
John Donne
Zora Neale Hurston
British Romantics
past tense verb
15. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
spatial sequence
Cliche
Subject Verb Agreement
Maya Angelou
16. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
future perfect verb
J. D. Salinger
compound sentence
17. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
adverb
Cliche
Countee Cullen
symbol
18. A phrase beginning with a preposition
Imagery
Langston Hughes
prepositional phrase
sentence fragment
19. A narrative handed down from the past - containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements
Henry David Thoreau
line graph
legend
collective noun
20. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
Metaphysical poets
Andrew Marvell
myth
compound complex sentence
21. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
Antecedent
harlem renaissance
myth
Langston Hughes
22. A sentence that requests or commands
imperative sentence
spatial sequence
couplet
Activating Prior Knowledge
23. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring
infinitive
Building Metacognition
Willa Cather
appeal to authority
24. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
Metaphysical poets
tone
fairy tale
science fiction
25. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
appositive
Emily Dickinson
common noun
Foreshadowing
26. Original and imaginative
Transcendentalism
creative
Harper Lee
tone
27. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
participial
complex sentence
collective noun
line graph
28. A sad or mournful poem
past tense verb
elegy
couplet
passive verb
29. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
setting
compound sentence
Mark Twain
metonymy
30. A word that takes the place of a noun
expository
spatial sequence
pronoun
fable
31. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Building Metacognition
Dialect
Langston Hughes
independent clause
32. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
expository
appeal to authority
spatial sequence
participial
33. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
exclamatory sentence
Edgar Allan Poe
Langston Hughes
British Romantics
34. 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
Stephen Crane
collective noun
C. S. Lewis
Zora Neale Hurston
35. A worn - out idea or overused expression
Irony
infinitive
Cliche
Participle
36. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
paradox
chronological sequence
present tense verb
F. Scott Fitzgerald
37. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story
J. D. Salinger
declarative sentence
historical fiction
synecdoche
38. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
style
Mary Shelley
homophone
appeal to emotion
39. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
Participle
haiku
present tense verb
collective noun
40. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize
voice
compound sentence
active verb
Harper Lee
41. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
compare and contrast
persuasive
adverb
prepositional phrase
42. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
John Donne
Mark Twain
limerick
Emily Dickinson
43. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
conjunction
Maya Angelou
spatial sequence
pronoun
44. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
Characterization
Ralph Waldo Emerson
passive verb
collective noun
45. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
couplet
common noun
Langston Hughes
mystery
46. A following of one thing after another in time
F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. S. Lewis
chronological sequence
Henry David Thoreau
47. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
apostrophe
Willa Cather
Percy Bysshe Shelley
exclamatory sentence
48. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
declarative sentence
Analogy
Emily Dickinson
future perfect verb
49. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Diction
Allusion
complex sentence
folk tale
50. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
simple sentence
sentence fragment
exclamatory sentence
fairy tale