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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. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
apostrophe
common noun
style
Foreshadowing
2. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
Simile
adjective
cause and effect
creative
3. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
tone
folk tale
Irony
bar graph
4. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Maya Angelou
Activating Prior Knowledge
sentence fragment
style
5. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
preposition
Maya Angelou
Subject Verb Agreement
Foreshadowing
6. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
symbol
Zora Neale Hurston
appeal to emotion
John Donne
7. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
Amy Tan
novel
tone
Harper Lee
8. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
interrogative sentence
fairy tale
tone
novel
9. 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.
allegory
Jane Austen
cause and effect
haiku
10. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Allusion
independent clause
expository
Epic
11. 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
Amy Tan
independent clause
Cliche
12. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
J. D. Salinger
declarative sentence
folk tale
legend
13. 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).
harlem renaissance
Edgar Allan Poe
free verse
dependent clause
14. 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
myth
imperative sentence
dependent clause
15. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
Edgar Allan Poe
tone
pie chart
cause and effect
16. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
imperative sentence
homophone
F. Scott Fitzgerald
historical fiction
17. 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'
John Keats
Henry David Thoreau
Alice Walker
C. S. Lewis
18. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
novel
Andrew Marvell
preposition
past perfect verb
19. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
cause and effect
extended metaphor
Robert Frost
Stephen Crane
20. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
symbolism
proper noun
John Donne
Diction
21. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
participial
compound sentence
conjunction
J.R.R. Tolkein
22. Expresses action or state of being
harlem renaissance
verb
prepositional phrase
homophone
23. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
George Orwell
novel
Henry David Thoreau
complex sentence
24. 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'
appeal to authority
preposition
William Shakespeare
expository
25. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching
proper noun
myth
Modeling
Epic
26. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'
Metaphysical poets
preposition
British Romantics
Jane Austen
27. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
bar graph
passive verb
Allusion
proper noun
28. 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
Antecedent
Walt Whitman
past tense verb
haiku
29. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
Willa Cather
bar graph
voice
mood
30. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
Transcendentalism
Willa Cather
symbol
future perfect verb
31. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
historical fiction
preposition
infinitive
F. Scott Fitzgerald
32. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
voice
verb
style
John Donne
33. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
interrogative sentence
common noun
Antecedent
metonymy
34. 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'
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Robert Frost
creative
Antecedent
35. 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
metonymy
appositive
preposition
Antecedent
36. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
Scaffolding
apostrophe
fairy tale
science fiction
37. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Countee Cullen
free verse
common noun
preposition
38. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
Countee Cullen
symbol
prepositional phrase
personification
39. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
metaphor
Alice Walker
John Donne
sonnet
40. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
passive verb
compound complex sentence
Herman Melville
Transcendentalism
41. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
novel
Simile
metaphor
passive verb
42. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
interrogative sentence
common noun
cause and effect
43. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
Antecedent
Willa Cather
common noun
Henry David Thoreau
44. 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
infinitive
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Transcendentalism
interrogative sentence
45. 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
Foreshadowing
compare and contrast
British Romantics
Participle
46. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story
past tense verb
Zora Neale Hurston
historical fiction
Amy Tan
47. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
Emily Dickinson
appeal to authority
legend
Simile
48. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
Activating Prior Knowledge
sentence fragment
synecdoche
extended metaphor
49. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
spatial sequence
hyperbole
Walt Whitman
present tense verb
50. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Willa Cather
past tense verb
Transcendentalism