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Praxis 2 English Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
Herman Melville
Alliteration
mystery
past tense verb
2. A sentence that requests or commands
style
imperative sentence
Robert Frost
paradox
3. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
tone
future perfect verb
novel
symbol
4. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
common noun
Mark Twain
allegory
J.R.R. Tolkein
5. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
British Romantics
John Keats
conjunction
declarative sentence
6. Originated in late 18th century when poets wrote about nature and beauty - They contrasted the beauty of naure to the harsh reality of the world and cities after the Industrial Revolution - William Wordsworth - William Blake - Percy Bysshe Shelly - J
British Romantics
Stephen Crane
Building Metacognition
fable
7. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
sonnet
prepositional phrase
Modeling
8. 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'
Robert Frost
hyperbole
William Shakespeare
Andrew Marvell
9. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
symbol
Herman Melville
bar graph
Transcendentalism
10. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
elegy
proper noun
Diction
complex sentence
11. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
appeal to authority
past perfect verb
C. S. Lewis
short story
12. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
Questioning
Harper Lee
Percy Bysshe Shelley
pronoun
13. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
simple sentence
appositive
pronoun
spatial sequence
14. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
Activating Prior Knowledge
spatial sequence
sentence fragment
J.R.R. Tolkein
15. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
homophone
noun
Anne Frank
appeal to authority
16. A loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century - who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them; favored intellect over emotions
Countee Cullen
Metaphysical poets
preposition
Allusion
17. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'
George Herbert
Percy Bysshe Shelley
conjunction
extended metaphor
18. A sad or mournful poem
haiku
Allusion
appeal to emotion
elegy
19. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
British Romantics
Alice Walker
spatial sequence
Stephen Crane
20. Was an English poet and playwright - widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre - eminent dramatist; major works include 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Othello' 'Macbeth' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
William Shakespeare
Subject Verb Agreement
voice
compound complex sentence
21. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
present perfect verb
style
Percy Bysshe Shelley
independent clause
22. A following of one thing after another in time
homophone
chronological sequence
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Imagery
23. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
Henry David Thoreau
dependent clause
Simile
fable
24. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
fairy tale
line graph
point of view
passive verb
25. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Foreshadowing
Antecedent
cause and effect
26. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
Countee Cullen
infinitive
chronological sequence
Anne Frank
27. 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
conjunction
Andrew Marvell
prepositional phrase
C. S. Lewis
28. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
free verse
novel
Langston Hughes
setting
29. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
J. D. Salinger
sonnet
future perfect verb
Diction
30. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
myth
British Romantics
harlem renaissance
Participle
31. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
compound complex sentence
appeal to emotion
George Herbert
pie chart
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.
haiku
imperative sentence
Metaphysical poets
extended metaphor
33. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harper Lee
present tense verb
Subject Verb Agreement
34. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
Irony
sonnet
tone
persuasive
35. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
Herman Melville
synecdoche
independent clause
Countee Cullen
36. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
point of view
Antecedent
legend
creative
37. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
voice
Epic
folk tale
Antecedent
38. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Imagery
Simile
Herman Melville
style
39. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
line graph
hyperbole
passive verb
complex sentence
40. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
spatial sequence
free verse
fairy tale
independent clause
41. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
pronoun
fable
bar graph
extended metaphor
42. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
legend
Allusion
fairy tale
past tense verb
43. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
mystery
symbol
compound sentence
personification
44. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
present perfect verb
George Herbert
Robert Frost
present tense verb
45. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
Robert Frost
science fiction
compare and contrast
46. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
complex sentence
myth
bar graph
Anne Frank
47. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
Irony
Metaphysical poets
folk tale
Jane Austen
48. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
tone
Characterization
J.R.R. Tolkein
complex sentence
49. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
Transcendentalism
dependent clause
fairy tale
point of view
50. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
free verse
Subject Verb Agreement
haiku
Zora Neale Hurston