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. 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






2. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)






3. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible






8. 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'






9. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






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






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






12. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities






13. A sentence that requests or commands






14. 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






15. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition






16. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction






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






18. 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






19. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation






20. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






21. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God






22. A word that joins two phrases or sentences






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






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






25. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)






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






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






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






29. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect






30. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun






31. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse






32. 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






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






34. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark






35. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets






36. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause






37. 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'






38. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action






39. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






40. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb






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






42. 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






43. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun






44. Two consecutive rhyming lines






45. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds






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






47. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






48. Tell how things are alike and different






49. 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






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