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Praxis 2 English Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Edgar Allan Poe
myth
interrogative sentence
extended metaphor
2. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
pronoun
Subject Verb Agreement
collective noun
John Donne
3. Two consecutive rhyming lines
Allusion
C. S. Lewis
couplet
noun
4. 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
Metaphysical poets
extended metaphor
Cliche
pronoun
5. A phrase beginning with a preposition
historical fiction
prepositional phrase
past perfect verb
Mary Shelley
6. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
voice
declarative sentence
Willa Cather
adjective
7. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
Metaphysical poets
independent clause
appeal to emotion
Imagery
8. 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
dependent clause
science fiction
fable
historical fiction
9. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Maya Angelou
Analogy
Diction
Cliche
10. A following of one thing after another in time
sonnet
chronological sequence
Herman Melville
synecdoche
11. 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
science fiction
preposition
John Keats
J. D. Salinger
12. 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
complex sentence
Emily Dickinson
J. D. Salinger
Henry David Thoreau
13. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Alice Walker
Ray Bradbury
adjective
14. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
allegory
myth
homophone
bar graph
15. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
F. Scott Fitzgerald
appeal to authority
imperative sentence
16. 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'
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
pie chart
17. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)
British Romantics
sonnet
independent clause
adjective
18. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Foreshadowing
short story
metonymy
Robert Frost
19. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Jane Austen
line graph
fable
adverb
20. A sad or mournful poem
paradox
Andrew Marvell
elegy
past perfect verb
21. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
appeal to authority
Jane Austen
point of view
William Shakespeare
22. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action
Edgar Allan Poe
active verb
Transcendentalism
creative
23. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
Participle
setting
sonnet
Metaphysical poets
24. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
appeal to authority
J. D. Salinger
Robert Frost
Irony
25. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
persuasive
conjunction
pie chart
Willa Cather
26. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
symbol
Edgar Allan Poe
John Donne
hyperbole
27. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
appeal to emotion
Countee Cullen
Subject Verb Agreement
Langston Hughes
28. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
pronoun
Henry David Thoreau
historical fiction
science fiction
29. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching
compound complex sentence
Modeling
Simile
J.R.R. Tolkein
30. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
adverb
bar graph
Jane Austen
dependent clause
31. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
preposition
Andrew Marvell
science fiction
proper noun
32. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
compare and contrast
line graph
myth
Transcendentalism
33. 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
harlem renaissance
infinitive
John Keats
Building Metacognition
34. 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.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
adverb
active verb
limerick
35. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
future perfect verb
exclamatory sentence
paradox
Imagery
36. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
fable
Dialect
synecdoche
persuasive
37. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti
Mark Twain
appeal to emotion
Zora Neale Hurston
Transcendentalism
38. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
independent clause
Alliteration
Diction
Characterization
39. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
Questioning
George Orwell
sentence fragment
past tense verb
40. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
limerick
Alliteration
Amy Tan
Percy Bysshe Shelley
41. 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'
verb
Ralph Waldo Emerson
J.R.R. Tolkein
Questioning
42. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind
Antecedent
active verb
past perfect verb
present perfect verb
43. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
independent clause
cause and effect
synecdoche
Jane Austen
44. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
adjective
folk tale
Mary Shelley
cause and effect
45. 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
John Keats
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Characterization
46. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
active verb
Allusion
Herman Melville
Metaphysical poets
47. 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.
haiku
Cliche
extended metaphor
chronological sequence
48. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance
George Herbert
historical fiction
Countee Cullen
appeal to authority
49. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Zora Neale Hurston
Foreshadowing
style
participial
50. 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
independent clause
homophone
compound complex sentence
Scaffolding