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Praxis 2 English Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
limerick
infinitive
interrogative sentence
Ray Bradbury
2. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
symbol
couplet
Willa Cather
proper noun
3. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
Ray Bradbury
past perfect verb
mood
present tense verb
4. 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
fairy tale
Questioning
F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
complex sentence
metonymy
free verse
Andrew Marvell
6. 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
compound complex sentence
Metaphysical poets
infinitive
symbolism
7. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
legend
Analogy
Cliche
symbol
8. 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'
Foreshadowing
couplet
Henry David Thoreau
complex sentence
9. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cliche
myth
active verb
10. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Dialect
extended metaphor
hyperbole
pronoun
11. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
George Orwell
Simile
Emily Dickinson
participial
12. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
historical fiction
compare and contrast
Amy Tan
bar graph
13. A sentence that requests or commands
imperative sentence
Alice Walker
Analogy
Countee Cullen
14. 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
verb
sonnet
apostrophe
Metaphysical poets
15. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
Herman Melville
expository
pronoun
Building Metacognition
16. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
British Romantics
Amy Tan
Ralph Waldo Emerson
novel
17. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
legend
George Orwell
mood
harlem renaissance
18. 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
limerick
Characterization
Scaffolding
John Keats
19. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
Questioning
style
point of view
appeal to emotion
20. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
Emily Dickinson
harlem renaissance
declarative sentence
passive verb
21. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
appeal to authority
Walt Whitman
compound sentence
22. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
conjunction
allegory
symbol
Building Metacognition
23. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
proper noun
active verb
Robert Frost
extended metaphor
24. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story
legend
infinitive
Cliche
historical fiction
25. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)
hyperbole
sonnet
Harper Lee
fable
26. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
fable
short story
Edgar Allan Poe
creative
27. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
persuasive
Zora Neale Hurston
proper noun
exclamatory sentence
28. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
compound sentence
free verse
C. S. Lewis
Modeling
29. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
sonnet
Analogy
mood
Langston Hughes
30. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
elegy
fable
adjective
appeal to emotion
31. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Langston Hughes
passive verb
metonymy
Alliteration
32. American poet and transcendentalist who was famous for his beliefs on nature - as demonstrated in his book - Leaves of Grass. He was therefore an important part for the buildup of American literature and breaking the traditional rhyme method in writi
Questioning
imperative sentence
participial
Walt Whitman
33. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
Transcendentalism
common noun
mood
adverb
34. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
exclamatory sentence
creative
interrogative sentence
tone
35. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
Subject Verb Agreement
Maya Angelou
historical fiction
mystery
36. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
complex sentence
Maya Angelou
Simile
Characterization
37. 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
appeal to authority
Ralph Waldo Emerson
pie chart
38. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
appeal to authority
Alice Walker
Anne Frank
Transcendentalism
39. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
exclamatory sentence
Herman Melville
synecdoche
Anne Frank
40. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb
myth
Mary Shelley
Willa Cather
adverb
41. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
symbolism
Alliteration
Irony
spatial sequence
42. 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
Emily Dickinson
synecdoche
Participle
adjective
43. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun
appositive
short story
Allusion
haiku
44. Two consecutive rhyming lines
Metaphysical poets
couplet
Alice Walker
future perfect verb
45. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Metaphysical poets
common noun
synecdoche
Epic
46. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
metaphor
Antecedent
free verse
collective noun
47. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
collective noun
symbolism
bar graph
John Donne
48. Tell how things are alike and different
present tense verb
compare and contrast
Countee Cullen
proper noun
49. 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
common noun
historical fiction
British Romantics
J.R.R. Tolkein
50. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
Alice Walker
active verb
collective noun
past tense verb