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Praxis 2 English Literature
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
adjective
tone
John Donne
exclamatory sentence
2. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb
infinitive
cause and effect
appeal to emotion
adverb
3. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
preposition
complex sentence
George Orwell
C. S. Lewis
4. Two consecutive rhyming lines
Anne Frank
Transcendentalism
bar graph
couplet
5. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Jane Austen
Analogy
Alice Walker
Metaphysical poets
6. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
appeal to emotion
Simile
adjective
verb
7. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
dependent clause
simple sentence
expository
harlem renaissance
8. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Herman Melville
expository
fable
Emily Dickinson
9. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
present tense verb
limerick
creative
metaphor
10. 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
prepositional phrase
spatial sequence
limerick
11. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
bar graph
science fiction
Irony
limerick
12. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
spatial sequence
Edgar Allan Poe
symbolism
verb
13. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
appositive
setting
Foreshadowing
George Orwell
14. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
Countee Cullen
paradox
allegory
Edgar Allan Poe
15. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
adverb
pronoun
Herman Melville
Amy Tan
16. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
John Donne
Robert Frost
Alice Walker
Anne Frank
17. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
novel
Cliche
extended metaphor
Allusion
18. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
conjunction
Edgar Allan Poe
appeal to emotion
science fiction
19. 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
Andrew Marvell
preposition
hyperbole
point of view
20. A word that takes the place of a noun
compound complex sentence
passive verb
pronoun
Henry David Thoreau
21. 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
Activating Prior Knowledge
John Keats
myth
interrogative sentence
22. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
short story
persuasive
science fiction
compound sentence
23. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
metonymy
adverb
historical fiction
voice
24. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
novel
Imagery
compare and contrast
Scaffolding
25. A sentence that requests or commands
Maya Angelou
imperative sentence
myth
Stephen Crane
26. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
mystery
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Metaphysical poets
science fiction
27. verb that can be used as an adjective
Jane Austen
participial
haiku
personification
28. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
declarative sentence
style
Mark Twain
Participle
29. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
Andrew Marvell
Cliche
fairy tale
persuasive
30. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Diction
George Herbert
persuasive
Scaffolding
31. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
compound sentence
Alliteration
Antecedent
present tense verb
32. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
point of view
mood
Ray Bradbury
present tense verb
33. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
George Herbert
John Donne
proper noun
Transcendentalism
34. Original and imaginative
creative
Simile
Ray Bradbury
folk tale
35. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring
conjunction
Building Metacognition
Participle
proper noun
36. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Alice Walker
Harper Lee
Epic
mystery
37. 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'
setting
William Shakespeare
personification
hyperbole
38. Expresses action or state of being
Imagery
Transcendentalism
verb
homophone
39. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
extended metaphor
metonymy
hyperbole
historical fiction
40. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
conjunction
sentence fragment
Irony
John Keats
41. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
Harper Lee
future perfect verb
past perfect verb
passive verb
42. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
Metaphysical poets
simple sentence
Zora Neale Hurston
Dialect
43. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
synecdoche
science fiction
Metaphysical poets
point of view
44. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
fable
cause and effect
appositive
free verse
45. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
collective noun
Activating Prior Knowledge
pie chart
conjunction
46. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
appositive
myth
metaphor
active verb
47. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
Mary Shelley
cause and effect
imperative sentence
J. D. Salinger
48. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
Antecedent
point of view
Alliteration
harlem renaissance
49. 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
compound complex sentence
Robert Frost
Antecedent
50. A worn - out idea or overused expression
Cliche
proper noun
Herman Melville
creative