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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 sentence that asks a question
William Shakespeare
folk tale
Zora Neale Hurston
interrogative sentence
2. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
sonnet
paradox
fable
past tense verb
3. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
symbolism
Analogy
compound complex sentence
synecdoche
4. 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
Antecedent
Amy Tan
infinitive
symbol
5. 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
sonnet
Walt Whitman
metaphor
couplet
6. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
personification
William Shakespeare
British Romantics
collective noun
7. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Edgar Allan Poe
Allusion
compound sentence
personification
8. 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
Maya Angelou
Anne Frank
John Keats
9. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
exclamatory sentence
mystery
tone
Henry David Thoreau
10. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize
Participle
Harper Lee
Robert Frost
metaphor
11. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
cause and effect
verb
Walt Whitman
voice
12. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
past perfect verb
Maya Angelou
Dialect
Subject Verb Agreement
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).
pronoun
infinitive
paradox
Edgar Allan Poe
14. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
expository
infinitive
common noun
Zora Neale Hurston
15. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching
interrogative sentence
pie chart
British Romantics
Modeling
16. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Ralph Waldo Emerson
compare and contrast
free verse
sonnet
17. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
point of view
Allusion
personification
18. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
fable
spatial sequence
declarative sentence
homophone
19. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Ray Bradbury
historical fiction
dependent clause
myth
20. 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
tone
present perfect verb
pie chart
Langston Hughes
21. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Alice Walker
Zora Neale Hurston
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Emily Dickinson
22. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
mystery
extended metaphor
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Austen
23. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
Anne Frank
novel
collective noun
simple sentence
24. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun
Participle
haiku
prepositional phrase
appositive
25. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
compound sentence
independent clause
Analogy
active verb
26. Was an Irish - born British[1] novelist - academic - medievalist - literary critic - essayist - lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is also known for his fiction - especially The Screwtape Letters - The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilo
fable
future perfect verb
C. S. Lewis
collective noun
27. 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'
Robert Frost
Henry David Thoreau
John Keats
imperative sentence
28. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective
Epic
Participle
persuasive
tone
29. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
J. D. Salinger
symbolism
personification
tone
30. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
pronoun
Anne Frank
Diction
infinitive
31. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
Subject Verb Agreement
noun
Antecedent
British Romantics
32. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
limerick
proper noun
preposition
science fiction
33. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
Building Metacognition
Metaphysical poets
proper noun
Analogy
34. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
preposition
noun
sonnet
imperative sentence
35. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
myth
Epic
collective noun
Andrew Marvell
36. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
past tense verb
symbolism
pronoun
Building Metacognition
37. 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
folk tale
declarative sentence
tone
38. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
simple sentence
adjective
future perfect verb
expository
39. A worn - out idea or overused expression
Anne Frank
science fiction
sonnet
Cliche
40. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
J.R.R. Tolkein
Foreshadowing
infinitive
Cliche
41. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
paradox
exclamatory sentence
compound complex sentence
metaphor
42. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
persuasive
past perfect verb
Analogy
Transcendentalism
43. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
conjunction
dependent clause
fable
setting
44. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
Andrew Marvell
Ray Bradbury
J. D. Salinger
Epic
45. 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
homophone
paradox
preposition
verb
46. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
Harper Lee
line graph
persuasive
collective noun
47. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
exclamatory sentence
complex sentence
hyperbole
mood
48. One of the British Romantics expelled from school for advocating atheism and set out to reform the world. Prometheus Unbound (1820) was a portrait of the revolt of human beings against the laws and customs that oppressed them.
historical fiction
Edgar Allan Poe
Characterization
Percy Bysshe Shelley
49. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
appeal to authority
setting
complex sentence
science fiction
50. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions
participial
collective noun
line graph
Activating Prior Knowledge