Test your basic knowledge |

Praxis 2 English Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






2. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.






3. 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'






4. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






5. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.






6. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time






7. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer






8. A sentence that asks a question






9. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea






10. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.






11. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence






12. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief






13. A verb tense discussing the past in the past






14. names a particular person - place - thing or idea






15. 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






16. 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






17. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story






18. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses






19. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.






20. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another






21. 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






22. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses






23. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished






24. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.






25. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions






26. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






27. 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






28. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities






29. A verb that tells that something is happening now.






30. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'






31. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






32. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






33. Extreme exaggeration






34. 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






35. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people






36. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art






37. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another






38. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






39. Making students aware of reading strategies and how to use those strategies to learn with text; helping students activate self - knowledge and self - monitoring






40. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions






41. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'






42. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.






43. Tell how things are alike and different






44. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






45. 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






46. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa






47. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action






48. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






49. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea






50. 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