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Praxis 2 English Literature
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praxis
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A sentence that requests or commands
short story
preposition
imperative sentence
complex sentence
2. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
appeal to emotion
independent clause
exclamatory sentence
spatial sequence
3. 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'
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Walt Whitman
Robert Frost
bar graph
4. A narrative handed down from the past - containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements
legend
fairy tale
persuasive
Epic
5. 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
bar graph
chronological sequence
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Walt Whitman
6. Extreme exaggeration
novel
participial
Simile
hyperbole
7. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
compare and contrast
spatial sequence
Herman Melville
Subject Verb Agreement
8. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
compound sentence
Stephen Crane
compound complex sentence
present tense verb
9. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
chronological sequence
compare and contrast
haiku
noun
10. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
C. S. Lewis
fable
sentence fragment
Langston Hughes
11. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula
sonnet
independent clause
Emily Dickinson
John Keats
12. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
past tense verb
pie chart
spatial sequence
symbol
13. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
complex sentence
compound sentence
Robert Frost
John Keats
14. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
Epic
cause and effect
declarative sentence
George Orwell
15. Original and imaginative
fairy tale
creative
style
mood
16. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
John Donne
Andrew Marvell
symbol
metaphor
17. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
Langston Hughes
proper noun
Willa Cather
Henry David Thoreau
18. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
Antecedent
common noun
John Keats
Subject Verb Agreement
19. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
appositive
present tense verb
Jane Austen
exclamatory sentence
20. Tell how things are alike and different
harlem renaissance
Imagery
compare and contrast
style
21. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet
cause and effect
Maya Angelou
folk tale
limerick
22. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story
Building Metacognition
free verse
compound complex sentence
historical fiction
23. 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'
Analogy
active verb
Henry David Thoreau
simple sentence
24. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
Diction
style
persuasive
declarative sentence
25. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring
pie chart
exclamatory sentence
Participle
Building Metacognition
26. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions
imperative sentence
Activating Prior Knowledge
creative
conjunction
27. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
past perfect verb
Characterization
Langston Hughes
Irony
28. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
George Orwell
synecdoche
tone
J. D. Salinger
29. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'
chronological sequence
Jane Austen
short story
compound sentence
30. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions
John Keats
synecdoche
allegory
Edgar Allan Poe
31. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Epic
voice
Amy Tan
simple sentence
32. 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.
pie chart
haiku
conjunction
future perfect verb
33. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
Allusion
prepositional phrase
Mark Twain
infinitive
34. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
spatial sequence
creative
present tense verb
Antecedent
35. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
present perfect verb
line graph
short story
expository
36. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
symbolism
metaphor
Langston Hughes
bar graph
37. 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
bar graph
limerick
Modeling
John Donne
38. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Diction
Foreshadowing
John Keats
cause and effect
39. 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
William Shakespeare
Stephen Crane
Langston Hughes
noun
40. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
proper noun
Zora Neale Hurston
Scaffolding
past tense verb
41. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
short story
science fiction
novel
Allusion
42. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
paradox
apostrophe
Characterization
dependent clause
43. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)
appositive
Subject Verb Agreement
sonnet
Simile
44. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
free verse
Metaphysical poets
passive verb
elegy
45. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
Robert Frost
active verb
Questioning
setting
46. 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
John Donne
Jane Austen
Cliche
John Keats
47. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
common noun
hyperbole
pronoun
homophone
48. Two consecutive rhyming lines
spatial sequence
couplet
John Keats
creative
49. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
paradox
folk tale
British Romantics
adjective
50. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
collective noun
Amy Tan
Herman Melville
Anne Frank