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Praxis 2 English Literature
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1. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
compound sentence
homophone
Characterization
creative
2. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching
allegory
Modeling
sonnet
mood
3. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
setting
adverb
Emily Dickinson
limerick
4. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
persuasive
George Herbert
Stephen Crane
Edgar Allan Poe
5. An English writer - poet - philologist - and university professor - best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit - The Lord of the Rings - and The Silmarillion
Mark Twain
Questioning
allegory
J.R.R. Tolkein
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
Emily Dickinson
British Romantics
imperative sentence
infinitive
7. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
Modeling
preposition
proper noun
Activating Prior Knowledge
8. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
symbolism
setting
Herman Melville
Subject Verb Agreement
9. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun
noun
creative
short story
appositive
10. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Langston Hughes
prepositional phrase
present perfect verb
Zora Neale Hurston
11. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
independent clause
Willa Cather
synecdoche
C. S. Lewis
12. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
Simile
bar graph
J.R.R. Tolkein
Amy Tan
13. A sad or mournful poem
sentence fragment
Mark Twain
folk tale
elegy
14. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
imperative sentence
couplet
conjunction
free verse
15. 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
preposition
paradox
proper noun
extended metaphor
16. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
adjective
Alliteration
exclamatory sentence
Henry David Thoreau
17. 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
setting
John Keats
Metaphysical poets
point of view
18. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
Jane Austen
sentence fragment
complex sentence
declarative sentence
19. A sentence that requests or commands
John Keats
voice
imperative sentence
William Shakespeare
20. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
Irony
point of view
Epic
imperative sentence
21. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
John Keats
expository
symbolism
Allusion
22. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
Harper Lee
proper noun
expository
synecdoche
23. 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.
Jane Austen
haiku
myth
declarative sentence
24. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
tone
pie chart
Antecedent
myth
25. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
adverb
fairy tale
passive verb
Anne Frank
26. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet
Simile
interrogative sentence
Maya Angelou
Mark Twain
27. 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'
Participle
couplet
Robert Frost
verb
28. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
symbolism
hyperbole
Mary Shelley
Activating Prior Knowledge
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
J.R.R. Tolkein
novel
Andrew Marvell
30. 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
Allusion
historical fiction
homophone
dependent clause
31. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
harlem renaissance
participial
Alliteration
Dialect
32. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
verb
Countee Cullen
symbolism
participial
33. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
dependent clause
style
preposition
allegory
34. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize
Harper Lee
active verb
interrogative sentence
Andrew Marvell
35. Tell how things are alike and different
Harper Lee
Subject Verb Agreement
compare and contrast
chronological sequence
36. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions
Imagery
infinitive
Willa Cather
allegory
37. verb that can be used as an adjective
Transcendentalism
Diction
participial
F. Scott Fitzgerald
38. 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
Alliteration
Emily Dickinson
sentence fragment
39. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
present tense verb
Alliteration
verb
preposition
40. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
extended metaphor
Harper Lee
Anne Frank
Imagery
41. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
J. D. Salinger
Maya Angelou
apostrophe
Willa Cather
42. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
verb
setting
spatial sequence
British Romantics
43. Two consecutive rhyming lines
couplet
expository
paradox
George Herbert
44. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
past perfect verb
appositive
C. S. Lewis
homophone
45. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
legend
fable
appeal to emotion
Stephen Crane
46. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
paradox
Percy Bysshe Shelley
John Keats
cause and effect
47. 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).
sentence fragment
Harper Lee
Alice Walker
Edgar Allan Poe
48. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
Andrew Marvell
sentence fragment
declarative sentence
limerick
49. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
style
fable
present perfect verb
adjective
50. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
Dialect
preposition
fairy tale
exclamatory sentence
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