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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 following of one thing after another in time
chronological sequence
expository
verb
Irony
2. A word that takes the place of a noun
pronoun
British Romantics
dependent clause
present perfect verb
3. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
Henry David Thoreau
voice
William Shakespeare
setting
4. 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'
compare and contrast
past tense verb
William Shakespeare
J. D. Salinger
5. 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
Langston Hughes
Alice Walker
Countee Cullen
6. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
symbol
persuasive
bar graph
Maya Angelou
7. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
voice
Mary Shelley
declarative sentence
personification
8. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
appeal to emotion
Foreshadowing
John Donne
Willa Cather
9. 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
elegy
participial
Walt Whitman
free verse
10. 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
Cliche
Metaphysical poets
fairy tale
preposition
11. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
Metaphysical poets
mood
George Herbert
passive verb
12. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
compare and contrast
Andrew Marvell
allegory
Transcendentalism
13. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
J. D. Salinger
Alice Walker
Antecedent
myth
14. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
Jane Austen
Percy Bysshe Shelley
myth
paradox
15. 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.
setting
Percy Bysshe Shelley
appeal to authority
pie chart
16. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
apostrophe
Allusion
allegory
Mark Twain
17. Extreme exaggeration
Stephen Crane
hyperbole
paradox
Jane Austen
18. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
apostrophe
homophone
sonnet
Anne Frank
19. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Ray Bradbury
Diction
Anne Frank
Dialect
20. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
Herman Melville
Simile
Antecedent
present tense verb
21. A sad or mournful poem
elegy
collective noun
myth
Metaphysical poets
22. A worn - out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Transcendentalism
Willa Cather
Scaffolding
23. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
interrogative sentence
Anne Frank
Alice Walker
compound complex sentence
24. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
J.R.R. Tolkein
Diction
present perfect verb
British Romantics
25. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
novel
symbol
voice
26. A sentence that asks a question
sonnet
cause and effect
interrogative sentence
Andrew Marvell
27. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
dependent clause
Edgar Allan Poe
exclamatory sentence
John Keats
28. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
couplet
cause and effect
Henry David Thoreau
Herman Melville
29. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'
limerick
George Herbert
Maya Angelou
Allusion
30. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
simple sentence
Building Metacognition
myth
John Keats
31. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
style
Stephen Crane
Characterization
Ray Bradbury
32. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
declarative sentence
collective noun
Andrew Marvell
Questioning
33. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
free verse
cause and effect
style
tone
34. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
adverb
Subject Verb Agreement
Modeling
apostrophe
35. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective
creative
Countee Cullen
Participle
Alice Walker
36. questions to reinforce concepts and elicit analysis - synthesis - or evaluation
Anne Frank
Questioning
Diction
George Herbert
37. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)
sonnet
tone
Stephen Crane
past tense verb
38. A verb tense discussing the past in the past
compound sentence
dependent clause
Henry David Thoreau
past perfect verb
39. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'
apostrophe
Jane Austen
metaphor
extended metaphor
40. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
couplet
compare and contrast
extended metaphor
Anne Frank
41. Tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
proper noun
Dialect
historical fiction
persuasive
42. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
legend
voice
compound sentence
43. Was an American author - best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye - as well as his reclusive nature.
J. D. Salinger
apostrophe
Herman Melville
tone
44. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
free verse
mystery
paradox
F. Scott Fitzgerald
45. A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time
Modeling
exclamatory sentence
Characterization
line graph
46. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
setting
expository
Countee Cullen
bar graph
47. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
appeal to authority
Alice Walker
Willa Cather
Amy Tan
48. The subjects recieves the action rather than does the action; not as strong as an active verb
imperative sentence
Mark Twain
passive verb
metaphor
49. 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
preposition
point of view
George Orwell
50. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
Alice Walker
noun
short story
Walt Whitman