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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. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
fable
independent clause
present tense verb
declarative sentence
2. A sentence that asks a question
myth
F. Scott Fitzgerald
interrogative sentence
Amy Tan
3. Extreme exaggeration
fable
mystery
Anne Frank
hyperbole
4. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet
F. Scott Fitzgerald
proper noun
Maya Angelou
persuasive
5. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
mood
conjunction
Epic
complex sentence
6. A word that takes the place of a noun
Alliteration
pronoun
paradox
extended metaphor
7. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
future perfect verb
paradox
limerick
British Romantics
8. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
exclamatory sentence
conjunction
Foreshadowing
apostrophe
9. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
harlem renaissance
line graph
setting
homophone
10. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
Alice Walker
personification
apostrophe
Dialect
11. 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'
appositive
Mark Twain
Robert Frost
symbol
12. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
Mark Twain
compound complex sentence
fairy tale
synecdoche
13. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
dependent clause
Mark Twain
simple sentence
Ray Bradbury
14. 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'
Cliche
conjunction
Henry David Thoreau
Maya Angelou
15. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
haiku
science fiction
couplet
Epic
16. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'
cause and effect
Countee Cullen
George Herbert
present tense verb
17. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
couplet
C. S. Lewis
adjective
collective noun
18. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
bar graph
George Herbert
pie chart
simple sentence
19. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
Scaffolding
free verse
George Orwell
noun
20. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
simple sentence
Maya Angelou
free verse
Allusion
21. 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'
Ralph Waldo Emerson
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Analogy
Antecedent
22. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
F. Scott Fitzgerald
common noun
Irony
Scaffolding
23. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
adjective
Cliche
J.R.R. Tolkein
George Orwell
24. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
noun
Foreshadowing
common noun
complex sentence
25. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
Willa Cather
exclamatory sentence
free verse
C. S. Lewis
26. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
declarative sentence
metonymy
symbol
metaphor
27. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
metaphor
complex sentence
past tense verb
C. S. Lewis
28. 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
short story
limerick
C. S. Lewis
Questioning
29. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
science fiction
point of view
exclamatory sentence
proper noun
30. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
past tense verb
Zora Neale Hurston
personification
myth
31. 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
John Keats
Emily Dickinson
verb
Metaphysical poets
32. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
independent clause
mystery
folk tale
passive verb
33. Expresses action or state of being
historical fiction
short story
verb
Walt Whitman
34. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
future perfect verb
fable
J.R.R. Tolkein
Anne Frank
35. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
expository
Allusion
J.R.R. Tolkein
harlem renaissance
36. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
Questioning
Henry David Thoreau
pie chart
Mary Shelley
37. 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
conjunction
short story
Diction
J.R.R. Tolkein
38. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
appeal to emotion
Edgar Allan Poe
haiku
sonnet
39. 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
point of view
legend
George Orwell
40. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
Subject Verb Agreement
bar graph
Scaffolding
past perfect verb
41. 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'
William Shakespeare
Langston Hughes
mood
Subject Verb Agreement
42. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
bar graph
fairy tale
active verb
infinitive
43. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
haiku
infinitive
apostrophe
Antecedent
44. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
setting
Diction
Building Metacognition
compound complex sentence
45. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
sentence fragment
pie chart
compound sentence
George Orwell
46. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
homophone
Dialect
Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
47. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
collective noun
Alice Walker
Robert Frost
limerick
48. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
sentence fragment
proper noun
preposition
compare and contrast
49. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
present tense verb
William Shakespeare
personification
Dialect
50. 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
participial
metonymy
Metaphysical poets
verb