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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 chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
creative
imperative sentence
bar graph
Modeling
2. 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
Countee Cullen
tone
preposition
Foreshadowing
3. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
independent clause
extended metaphor
voice
sonnet
4. 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.
folk tale
proper noun
haiku
Epic
5. Tell how things are alike and different
compare and contrast
short story
extended metaphor
George Orwell
6. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
proper noun
harlem renaissance
couplet
Willa Cather
7. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
Antecedent
Andrew Marvell
Characterization
Jane Austen
8. 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'
prepositional phrase
Harper Lee
Ralph Waldo Emerson
imperative sentence
9. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
mood
Percy Bysshe Shelley
common noun
Anne Frank
10. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
Activating Prior Knowledge
homophone
independent clause
style
11. 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).
Edgar Allan Poe
George Orwell
elegy
George Herbert
12. 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
persuasive
setting
Anne Frank
Transcendentalism
13. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
conjunction
Harper Lee
Activating Prior Knowledge
compound complex sentence
14. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
William Shakespeare
present tense verb
Dialect
F. Scott Fitzgerald
15. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
Mark Twain
passive verb
Subject Verb Agreement
pie chart
16. 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'
William Shakespeare
homophone
sonnet
Alice Walker
17. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
setting
Epic
exclamatory sentence
simple sentence
18. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize
past tense verb
Imagery
Activating Prior Knowledge
Harper Lee
19. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
Antecedent
infinitive
Questioning
Edgar Allan Poe
20. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
Dialect
collective noun
present tense verb
chronological sequence
21. A sentence that asks a question
adverb
Simile
interrogative sentence
Jane Austen
22. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
metonymy
past tense verb
Building Metacognition
present tense verb
23. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
adjective
pronoun
Herman Melville
legend
24. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
bar graph
persuasive
verb
present tense verb
25. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
pie chart
fairy tale
free verse
proper noun
26. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
Alice Walker
complex sentence
present perfect verb
point of view
27. 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
Langston Hughes
Anne Frank
bar graph
apostrophe
28. A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
elegy
J. D. Salinger
metonymy
simple sentence
29. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
exclamatory sentence
extended metaphor
dependent clause
compound sentence
30. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
appeal to authority
present tense verb
exclamatory sentence
hyperbole
31. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
Maya Angelou
Mary Shelley
novel
conjunction
32. 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
personification
active verb
preposition
collective noun
33. A phrase beginning with a preposition
homophone
prepositional phrase
interrogative sentence
present perfect verb
34. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
present perfect verb
common noun
Characterization
Zora Neale Hurston
35. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
symbolism
George Herbert
line graph
Amy Tan
36. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
line graph
George Orwell
Walt Whitman
Countee Cullen
37. Extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
conjunction
couplet
dependent clause
38. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action
dependent clause
Modeling
independent clause
active verb
39. 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
metaphor
William Shakespeare
Foreshadowing
symbolism
40. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
pie chart
collective noun
Robert Frost
expository
41. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
adverb
Zora Neale Hurston
Alliteration
prepositional phrase
42. 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
adverb
compound sentence
declarative sentence
C. S. Lewis
43. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
Ray Bradbury
conjunction
past tense verb
Transcendentalism
44. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
Cliche
persuasive
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
metaphor
Jane Austen
Anne Frank
free verse
46. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
line graph
passive verb
complex sentence
J.R.R. Tolkein
47. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
Willa Cather
preposition
Cliche
Harper Lee
48. 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
sonnet
personification
limerick
John Keats
49. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Irony
John Keats
fairy tale
50. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)
John Keats
sonnet
metaphor
Characterization