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Praxis 2 English Literature
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1. 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
Stephen Crane
common noun
2. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
John Keats
Maya Angelou
pie chart
Alice Walker
3. 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
couplet
Metaphysical poets
sentence fragment
short story
4. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action
John Keats
imperative sentence
active verb
legend
5. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
couplet
Dialect
free verse
Ray Bradbury
6. Extreme exaggeration
John Keats
hyperbole
active verb
synecdoche
7. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
Scaffolding
Zora Neale Hurston
F. Scott Fitzgerald
point of view
8. 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
active verb
folk tale
Amy Tan
Langston Hughes
9. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
folk tale
Mary Shelley
Herman Melville
Robert Frost
10. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
Questioning
William Shakespeare
compare and contrast
mood
11. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb; the uninflected form of the verb
Percy Bysshe Shelley
short story
harlem renaissance
infinitive
12. A sentence that asks a question
harlem renaissance
present tense verb
interrogative sentence
Edgar Allan Poe
13. 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.
synecdoche
Maya Angelou
haiku
sonnet
14. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
interrogative sentence
infinitive
metonymy
Foreshadowing
15. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
Transcendentalism
Characterization
William Shakespeare
Simile
16. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
dependent clause
Mark Twain
William Shakespeare
Willa Cather
17. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
Amy Tan
haiku
Simile
hyperbole
18. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
mystery
pronoun
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Characterization
19. American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self - reliance - optimism - self - improvement - self - confidence - and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement; Wrote 'Self - Reliance'
verb
Mary Shelley
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Building Metacognition
20. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
Zora Neale Hurston
Irony
John Donne
personification
21. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
couplet
proper noun
Epic
Langston Hughes
22. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
infinitive
pie chart
Metaphysical poets
23. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
prepositional phrase
short story
voice
fairy tale
24. Two consecutive rhyming lines
couplet
Transcendentalism
John Keats
appeal to authority
25. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
common noun
participial
cause and effect
point of view
26. 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).
imperative sentence
passive verb
Edgar Allan Poe
pie chart
27. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
science fiction
Maya Angelou
myth
noun
28. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
adjective
line graph
Epic
tone
29. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
expository
Participle
allegory
creative
30. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
limerick
novel
Dialect
noun
31. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
complex sentence
J. D. Salinger
sonnet
novel
32. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
Countee Cullen
hyperbole
Antecedent
cause and effect
33. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'
adverb
George Herbert
Alice Walker
past perfect verb
34. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
dependent clause
folk tale
John Donne
Irony
35. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Allusion
collective noun
Zora Neale Hurston
active verb
36. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
spatial sequence
Willa Cather
compound sentence
37. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
metonymy
Scaffolding
J. D. Salinger
Herman Melville
38. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
infinitive
Mark Twain
Participle
sentence fragment
39. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Dialect
Emily Dickinson
persuasive
point of view
40. 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
legend
limerick
synecdoche
John Keats
41. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
metonymy
line graph
John Donne
Emily Dickinson
42. comparison not using like or as; a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
historical fiction
metaphor
Henry David Thoreau
personification
43. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
legend
symbol
creative
J. D. Salinger
44. 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
Imagery
limerick
chronological sequence
Edgar Allan Poe
45. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
harlem renaissance
Diction
apostrophe
setting
46. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
fairy tale
adjective
Building Metacognition
synecdoche
47. 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
Ray Bradbury
harlem renaissance
future perfect verb
J.R.R. Tolkein
48. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
appeal to emotion
adjective
Jane Austen
John Keats
49. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
persuasive
line graph
adverb
style
50. 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
J. D. Salinger
Building Metacognition
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