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Praxis 2 English Literature
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praxis
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
cause and effect
novel
Activating Prior Knowledge
Countee Cullen
2. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
common noun
Jane Austen
symbolism
John Donne
3. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
apostrophe
adjective
appeal to emotion
Activating Prior Knowledge
4. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
style
past perfect verb
infinitive
Dialect
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
conjunction
metaphor
noun
participial
6. 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
Scaffolding
British Romantics
extended metaphor
pronoun
7. Two consecutive rhyming lines
passive verb
active verb
couplet
future perfect verb
8. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
independent clause
Jane Austen
Anne Frank
J. D. Salinger
9. A following of one thing after another in time
chronological sequence
imperative sentence
preposition
harlem renaissance
10. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
sentence fragment
style
noun
Modeling
11. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions
Herman Melville
verb
limerick
Activating Prior Knowledge
12. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
adjective
haiku
pie chart
Cliche
13. 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
John Donne
Walt Whitman
short story
Characterization
14. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
collective noun
Participle
science fiction
limerick
15. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
J.R.R. Tolkein
metonymy
harlem renaissance
active verb
16. A sentence that requests or commands
imperative sentence
Ray Bradbury
point of view
John Keats
17. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
Transcendentalism
short story
Activating Prior Knowledge
independent clause
18. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
William Shakespeare
mood
science fiction
Dialect
19. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
historical fiction
compound complex sentence
appeal to authority
voice
20. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
J. D. Salinger
metonymy
Analogy
simple sentence
21. A word that takes the place of a noun
allegory
pronoun
active verb
common noun
22. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
novel
Antecedent
metonymy
appeal to authority
23. 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
Scaffolding
verb
British Romantics
24. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
Robert Frost
style
George Orwell
collective noun
25. A sentence that asks a question
interrogative sentence
active verb
Dialect
appositive
26. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
appeal to authority
harlem renaissance
British Romantics
spatial sequence
27. 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
prepositional phrase
Scaffolding
past tense verb
Ralph Waldo Emerson
28. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
common noun
adverb
synecdoche
myth
29. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
science fiction
John Keats
mood
appeal to emotion
30. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
conjunction
Simile
tone
Cliche
31. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
appeal to authority
elegy
setting
compound complex sentence
32. Extreme exaggeration
George Herbert
hyperbole
symbol
Irony
33. A literary work in which characters - objects - or actions represent abstractions
personification
allegory
Dialect
Cliche
34. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
symbol
bar graph
Walt Whitman
collective noun
35. A worn - out idea or overused expression
symbolism
Cliche
C. S. Lewis
Allusion
36. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
J. D. Salinger
Epic
folk tale
apostrophe
37. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun
Willa Cather
Zora Neale Hurston
folk tale
appositive
38. 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
Foreshadowing
legend
John Keats
couplet
39. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
passive verb
appeal to authority
simple sentence
Modeling
40. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
John Keats
Edgar Allan Poe
allegory
Alice Walker
41. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Maya Angelou
William Shakespeare
Dialect
Imagery
42. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
complex sentence
elegy
fable
compound complex sentence
43. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
Emily Dickinson
future perfect verb
adjective
Foreshadowing
44. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
Questioning
science fiction
extended metaphor
Harper Lee
45. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
passive verb
John Keats
dependent clause
F. Scott Fitzgerald
46. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
mystery
Stephen Crane
William Shakespeare
Antecedent
47. 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
cause and effect
independent clause
Langston Hughes
tone
48. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
appeal to emotion
John Keats
Irony
Amy Tan
49. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
symbol
John Keats
line graph
Building Metacognition
50. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
conjunction
imperative sentence
John Keats
expository