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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. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
Langston Hughes
Mary Shelley
interrogative sentence
2. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
participial
infinitive
Questioning
past perfect verb
3. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
George Orwell
point of view
line graph
symbolism
4. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
appeal to authority
Questioning
common noun
spatial sequence
5. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears
Emily Dickinson
bar graph
line graph
Stephen Crane
6. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
Ray Bradbury
Questioning
compound sentence
simple sentence
7. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
Mark Twain
Countee Cullen
sentence fragment
Questioning
8. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
paradox
Allusion
short story
free verse
9. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun
bar graph
dependent clause
metonymy
appositive
10. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
Scaffolding
Percy Bysshe Shelley
proper noun
expository
11. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
future perfect verb
proper noun
Epic
point of view
12. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
Ray Bradbury
point of view
Mark Twain
metonymy
13. 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
conjunction
Countee Cullen
spatial sequence
John Keats
14. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
expository
verb
short story
legend
15. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti
Cliche
Participle
future perfect verb
Transcendentalism
16. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
Henry David Thoreau
participial
common noun
symbolism
17. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
complex sentence
Dialect
expository
Analogy
18. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Jane Austen
Simile
Zora Neale Hurston
collective noun
19. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman
Scaffolding
compound complex sentence
20. A sad or mournful poem
J. D. Salinger
elegy
pronoun
sonnet
21. 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
Robert Frost
chronological sequence
Alice Walker
22. Two consecutive rhyming lines
couplet
John Donne
past perfect verb
active verb
23. 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
extended metaphor
science fiction
Imagery
24. 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).
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Emily Dickinson
collective noun
Edgar Allan Poe
25. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
persuasive
novel
Ray Bradbury
Henry David Thoreau
26. A following of one thing after another in time
F. Scott Fitzgerald
passive verb
spatial sequence
chronological sequence
27. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
symbol
Simile
future perfect verb
John Keats
28. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
pie chart
Epic
Mark Twain
Analogy
29. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
Harper Lee
symbolism
complex sentence
Ray Bradbury
30. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
setting
preposition
folk tale
Building Metacognition
31. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'
Jane Austen
noun
J. D. Salinger
appeal to authority
32. 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
J. D. Salinger
short story
Edgar Allan Poe
preposition
33. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
C. S. Lewis
synecdoche
Imagery
Andrew Marvell
34. Was an English poet and playwright - widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre - eminent dramatist; major works include 'Romeo and Juliet' 'Othello' 'Macbeth' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Activating Prior Knowledge
compound complex sentence
Herman Melville
William Shakespeare
35. 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
sentence fragment
Edgar Allan Poe
Imagery
Metaphysical poets
36. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
Foreshadowing
personification
voice
fairy tale
37. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
John Donne
persuasive
appositive
homophone
38. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
Herman Melville
Imagery
adverb
fable
39. 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
common noun
Emily Dickinson
Zora Neale Hurston
setting
40. 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'
Robert Frost
independent clause
Ralph Waldo Emerson
conjunction
41. 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
William Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
42. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
fable
couplet
Activating Prior Knowledge
43. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
prepositional phrase
bar graph
Anne Frank
line graph
44. 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
tone
Cliche
cause and effect
Walt Whitman
45. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
Metaphysical poets
extended metaphor
Willa Cather
Subject Verb Agreement
46. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet
Building Metacognition
novel
Maya Angelou
F. Scott Fitzgerald
47. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
tone
Henry David Thoreau
free verse
participial
48. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
collective noun
George Herbert
Scaffolding
present tense verb
49. 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
Allusion
J.R.R. Tolkein
metaphor
50. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
J. D. Salinger
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Metaphysical poets
style