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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. Two consecutive rhyming lines
historical fiction
Emily Dickinson
verb
couplet
2. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
Simile
adverb
compound sentence
Questioning
3. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
short story
Questioning
present tense verb
preposition
4. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
Stephen Crane
symbol
chronological sequence
pie chart
5. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
passive verb
participial
John Keats
future perfect verb
6. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
Andrew Marvell
Anne Frank
Antecedent
George Orwell
7. 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
Robert Frost
preposition
Epic
pronoun
8. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
personification
voice
independent clause
legend
9. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
myth
passive verb
prepositional phrase
compare and contrast
10. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mary Shelley
present tense verb
conjunction
11. 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'
John Keats
noun
Imagery
Henry David Thoreau
12. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
Irony
Activating Prior Knowledge
personification
past perfect verb
13. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action
present tense verb
British Romantics
active verb
William Shakespeare
14. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize
Mark Twain
expository
participial
Harper Lee
15. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Willa Cather
Analogy
Alice Walker
F. Scott Fitzgerald
16. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
collective noun
Activating Prior Knowledge
legend
complex sentence
17. 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'
Foreshadowing
Maya Angelou
Ralph Waldo Emerson
short story
18. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
elegy
paradox
Allusion
Anne Frank
19. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
pie chart
proper noun
setting
line graph
20. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
appeal to emotion
sentence fragment
future perfect verb
Dialect
21. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'
metonymy
preposition
George Herbert
Irony
22. 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.
Mark Twain
haiku
folk tale
Activating Prior Knowledge
23. 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'
Andrew Marvell
Robert Frost
John Keats
Analogy
24. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Metaphysical poets
Dialect
active verb
appeal to authority
25. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
John Donne
Simile
Mark Twain
Robert Frost
26. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emily Dickinson
Cliche
J. D. Salinger
27. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
style
conjunction
Scaffolding
expository
28. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
proper noun
spatial sequence
Analogy
Foreshadowing
29. helping students to achieve independence in reading by first giving support and then gradually taking it away as students are ready to do the tasks on their own
Maya Angelou
verb
voice
Scaffolding
30. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet
mystery
Participle
Maya Angelou
John Keats
31. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
preposition
John Keats
Mark Twain
future perfect verb
32. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
present tense verb
Dialect
active verb
adverb
33. Tell how things are alike and different
compare and contrast
Scaffolding
Willa Cather
bar graph
34. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
Epic
past tense verb
Jane Austen
cause and effect
35. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
Langston Hughes
fairy tale
sonnet
tone
36. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
C. S. Lewis
complex sentence
Zora Neale Hurston
British Romantics
37. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
simple sentence
independent clause
personification
harlem renaissance
38. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Epic
Irony
Zora Neale Hurston
Transcendentalism
39. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
setting
voice
science fiction
common noun
40. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
synecdoche
personification
exclamatory sentence
sonnet
41. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
John Keats
Amy Tan
William Shakespeare
42. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
George Herbert
Subject Verb Agreement
pronoun
independent clause
43. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
compound complex sentence
spatial sequence
exclamatory sentence
Questioning
44. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
adjective
Diction
tone
sonnet
45. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
interrogative sentence
expository
bar graph
Modeling
46. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
fairy tale
Alliteration
compare and contrast
expository
47. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
simple sentence
Ray Bradbury
limerick
F. Scott Fitzgerald
48. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula
voice
Subject Verb Agreement
preposition
Emily Dickinson
49. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective
tone
Irony
Participle
noun
50. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
Simile
compound sentence
creative
adverb