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Praxis 2 English Literature
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1. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Stephen Crane
imperative sentence
fable
Langston Hughes
2. 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
John Keats
Characterization
Subject Verb Agreement
3. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
compare and contrast
Zora Neale Hurston
past tense verb
Langston Hughes
4. Extreme exaggeration
Countee Cullen
exclamatory sentence
hyperbole
historical fiction
5. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
style
voice
homophone
Alice Walker
6. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
independent clause
collective noun
imperative sentence
compound complex sentence
7. 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
homophone
John Donne
chronological sequence
Langston Hughes
8. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
compare and contrast
Stephen Crane
Emily Dickinson
proper noun
9. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
Irony
C. S. Lewis
past tense verb
persuasive
10. A phrase beginning with a preposition
Edgar Allan Poe
prepositional phrase
Diction
paradox
11. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
Herman Melville
preposition
voice
Analogy
12. 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
spatial sequence
preposition
Ralph Waldo Emerson
fable
13. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
personification
John Keats
sentence fragment
John Keats
14. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
line graph
symbol
Dialect
Simile
15. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
appeal to emotion
line graph
Jane Austen
Andrew Marvell
16. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
Antecedent
Dialect
elegy
collective noun
17. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions
novel
folk tale
point of view
allegory
18. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
Harper Lee
free verse
passive verb
British Romantics
19. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
adverb
British Romantics
Henry David Thoreau
John Donne
20. 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'
C. S. Lewis
Diction
Ralph Waldo Emerson
historical fiction
21. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
conjunction
Andrew Marvell
preposition
F. Scott Fitzgerald
22. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
future perfect verb
Irony
William Shakespeare
J. D. Salinger
23. 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
John Keats
proper noun
Andrew Marvell
legend
24. Expresses action or state of being
mystery
Amy Tan
verb
persuasive
25. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
sentence fragment
infinitive
British Romantics
Amy Tan
26. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
Simile
simple sentence
folk tale
William Shakespeare
27. 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
Anne Frank
Andrew Marvell
hyperbole
28. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action
legend
active verb
limerick
free verse
29. 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
extended metaphor
Metaphysical poets
Emily Dickinson
folk tale
30. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
Andrew Marvell
hyperbole
independent clause
Modeling
31. 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
J. D. Salinger
John Keats
passive verb
simple sentence
32. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
dependent clause
persuasive
Robert Frost
George Orwell
33. verb that can be used as an adjective
Modeling
complex sentence
participial
mood
34. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb
infinitive
metonymy
adverb
Jane Austen
35. 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
William Shakespeare
infinitive
past perfect verb
Participle
36. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
harlem renaissance
William Shakespeare
Diction
Countee Cullen
37. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
adjective
collective noun
present perfect verb
declarative sentence
38. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
style
J.R.R. Tolkein
extended metaphor
past perfect verb
39. 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
Scaffolding
active verb
metonymy
compound sentence
40. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
tone
Alliteration
setting
metonymy
41. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind
couplet
present perfect verb
Dialect
J. D. Salinger
42. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Herman Melville
Diction
Zora Neale Hurston
folk tale
43. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
past tense verb
Jane Austen
extended metaphor
past perfect verb
44. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
imperative sentence
novel
pronoun
present tense verb
45. Original and imaginative
Cliche
infinitive
appeal to authority
creative
46. 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
hyperbole
J.R.R. Tolkein
line graph
Willa Cather
47. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zora Neale Hurston
interrogative sentence
Irony
48. 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.
dependent clause
haiku
exclamatory sentence
participial
49. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance
Modeling
adjective
noun
Countee Cullen
50. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
adjective
compound sentence
Cliche
passive verb
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