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Praxis 2 English Literature
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1. 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
mystery
Metaphysical poets
John Donne
2. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
science fiction
Zora Neale Hurston
compound complex sentence
novel
3. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
Ray Bradbury
Mark Twain
Emily Dickinson
John Donne
4. 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
voice
Andrew Marvell
John Keats
setting
5. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
participial
Zora Neale Hurston
Stephen Crane
Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. Original and imaginative
creative
allegory
line graph
independent clause
7. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
common noun
fairy tale
Ray Bradbury
pronoun
8. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
past perfect verb
J. D. Salinger
John Donne
imperative sentence
9. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
extended metaphor
style
John Keats
interrogative sentence
10. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Scaffolding
point of view
free verse
Participle
11. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind
science fiction
Transcendentalism
present perfect verb
George Orwell
12. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action
expository
Ray Bradbury
hyperbole
active verb
13. Two consecutive rhyming lines
couplet
spatial sequence
bar graph
short story
14. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
point of view
Antecedent
metonymy
haiku
15. 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'
novel
George Orwell
spatial sequence
William Shakespeare
16. Extreme exaggeration
mystery
simple sentence
hyperbole
creative
17. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
preposition
Subject Verb Agreement
active verb
noun
18. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
Characterization
Andrew Marvell
folk tale
Epic
19. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
voice
pronoun
Antecedent
Ray Bradbury
20. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet
Maya Angelou
Metaphysical poets
passive verb
extended metaphor
21. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Scaffolding
collective noun
historical fiction
Diction
22. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
personification
future perfect verb
British Romantics
metonymy
23. A sad or mournful poem
elegy
apostrophe
voice
collective noun
24. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
preposition
past tense verb
symbolism
chronological sequence
25. 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
Willa Cather
harlem renaissance
Characterization
26. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
setting
George Orwell
past tense verb
interrogative sentence
27. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
Metaphysical poets
novel
Maya Angelou
future perfect verb
28. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
present perfect verb
fairy tale
appeal to emotion
folk tale
29. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
George Orwell
folk tale
free verse
Metaphysical poets
30. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
exclamatory sentence
prepositional phrase
sentence fragment
cause and effect
31. 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'
Henry David Thoreau
John Keats
Modeling
Zora Neale Hurston
32. A phrase beginning with a preposition
conjunction
prepositional phrase
Percy Bysshe Shelley
complex sentence
33. 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
dependent clause
Anne Frank
line graph
William Shakespeare
34. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
compound sentence
homophone
Metaphysical poets
active verb
35. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance
metaphor
Questioning
Countee Cullen
declarative sentence
36. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
Irony
creative
metonymy
symbol
37. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
myth
prepositional phrase
conjunction
imperative sentence
38. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
John Keats
verb
appeal to authority
Activating Prior Knowledge
39. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
Anne Frank
Willa Cather
Robert Frost
point of view
40. 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).
Edgar Allan Poe
Participle
future perfect verb
mood
41. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
past perfect verb
proper noun
fable
free verse
42. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
fable
John Donne
apostrophe
Allusion
43. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
Amy Tan
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Questioning
haiku
44. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
voice
extended metaphor
spatial sequence
45. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
spatial sequence
voice
fable
persuasive
46. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
George Herbert
John Keats
setting
Foreshadowing
47. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
hyperbole
Allusion
interrogative sentence
spatial sequence
48. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
Jane Austen
John Keats
appositive
bar graph
49. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
Subject Verb Agreement
verb
cause and effect
John Keats
50. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
Willa Cather
Participle
symbol
preposition
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