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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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1. 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
Andrew Marvell
imperative sentence
Foreshadowing
Scaffolding
2. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
spatial sequence
infinitive
personification
Simile
3. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
passive verb
Henry David Thoreau
Anne Frank
compound sentence
4. 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
Walt Whitman
mood
hyperbole
adverb
5. 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
Epic
British Romantics
compound complex sentence
Langston Hughes
6. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
noun
setting
Stephen Crane
Anne Frank
7. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
hyperbole
Analogy
Harper Lee
Alice Walker
8. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
Amy Tan
novel
Emily Dickinson
compound complex sentence
9. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
exclamatory sentence
expository
verb
Maya Angelou
10. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching
Modeling
chronological sequence
allegory
conjunction
11. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
Countee Cullen
pie chart
Questioning
complex sentence
12. 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
Imagery
fable
13. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
symbol
Harper Lee
noun
homophone
14. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
couplet
creative
Willa Cather
active verb
15. verb that can be used as an adjective
participial
John Keats
noun
John Donne
16. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
compound sentence
folk tale
George Orwell
Imagery
17. A sentence that requests or commands
imperative sentence
Maya Angelou
novel
exclamatory sentence
18. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
common noun
Percy Bysshe Shelley
fable
Activating Prior Knowledge
19. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
J.R.R. Tolkein
Subject Verb Agreement
allegory
J. D. Salinger
20. A sad or mournful poem
elegy
tone
historical fiction
Foreshadowing
21. A following of one thing after another in time
bar graph
chronological sequence
limerick
symbol
22. Two consecutive rhyming lines
present tense verb
Walt Whitman
compound sentence
couplet
23. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
Antecedent
paradox
chronological sequence
F. Scott Fitzgerald
24. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
compare and contrast
fairy tale
Foreshadowing
historical fiction
25. 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
Countee Cullen
Willa Cather
line graph
26. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb
adverb
Zora Neale Hurston
present perfect verb
Subject Verb Agreement
27. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'
Jane Austen
Questioning
pronoun
Emily Dickinson
28. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
Robert Frost
compound sentence
voice
bar graph
29. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
persuasive
Characterization
common noun
Edgar Allan Poe
30. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
Subject Verb Agreement
Questioning
couplet
chronological sequence
31. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
George Herbert
Dialect
Alice Walker
32. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
William Shakespeare
exclamatory sentence
present tense verb
fairy tale
33. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
extended metaphor
adverb
preposition
Cliche
34. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
pie chart
Irony
line graph
mystery
35. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
persuasive
paradox
line graph
apostrophe
36. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
common noun
John Keats
past tense verb
homophone
37. A word that takes the place of a noun
folk tale
spatial sequence
mood
pronoun
38. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
Willa Cather
active verb
short story
Herman Melville
39. Extreme exaggeration
Imagery
J. D. Salinger
hyperbole
John Donne
40. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
George Orwell
chronological sequence
conjunction
proper noun
41. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
cause and effect
Robert Frost
Participle
Ralph Waldo Emerson
42. 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
Edgar Allan Poe
Simile
George Orwell
43. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
George Herbert
setting
Amy Tan
science fiction
44. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
allegory
prepositional phrase
Dialect
apostrophe
45. Original and imaginative
F. Scott Fitzgerald
creative
Alice Walker
spatial sequence
46. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
allegory
Herman Melville
synecdoche
Walt Whitman
47. 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
appositive
J. D. Salinger
metaphor
Foreshadowing
48. One of the British Romantics expelled from school for advocating atheism and set out to reform the world. Prometheus Unbound (1820) was a portrait of the revolt of human beings against the laws and customs that oppressed them.
collective noun
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Activating Prior Knowledge
symbolism
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
C. S. Lewis
voice
Herman Melville
British Romantics
50. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
John Donne
metonymy
myth
Mary Shelley