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Praxis 2 English Literature
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1. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb
sentence fragment
style
legend
adverb
2. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
legend
haiku
symbol
John Donne
3. 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'
Subject Verb Agreement
Mary Shelley
Robert Frost
present tense verb
4. 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
historical fiction
declarative sentence
Allusion
limerick
5. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Herman Melville
Zora Neale Hurston
historical fiction
mood
6. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
Edgar Allan Poe
Harper Lee
exclamatory sentence
pronoun
7. A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
novel
Langston Hughes
Metaphysical poets
appositive
8. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun
novel
appositive
science fiction
creative
9. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
setting
expository
appeal to emotion
10. 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
passive verb
extended metaphor
British Romantics
sonnet
11. The use of one thing to stand for or represent another
Walt Whitman
past perfect verb
symbolism
prepositional phrase
12. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
fable
compound sentence
preposition
myth
13. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
bar graph
Scaffolding
Analogy
Antecedent
14. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
imperative sentence
Epic
folk tale
John Keats
15. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
Characterization
voice
Subject Verb Agreement
Countee Cullen
16. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
Irony
simple sentence
couplet
interrogative sentence
17. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
preposition
metonymy
Modeling
Walt Whitman
18. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
appeal to emotion
complex sentence
Dialect
Alliteration
19. A following of one thing after another in time
Foreshadowing
chronological sequence
John Keats
Zora Neale Hurston
20. Original and imaginative
Stephen Crane
allegory
creative
personification
21. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
Analogy
fable
short story
George Orwell
22. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
noun
future perfect verb
appeal to authority
homophone
23. 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).
William Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe
Characterization
Amy Tan
24. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
mood
Scaffolding
homophone
voice
25. Extreme exaggeration
pie chart
William Shakespeare
hyperbole
C. S. Lewis
26. Expresses action or state of being
fable
adverb
Countee Cullen
verb
27. 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.
mood
Alliteration
metaphor
Percy Bysshe Shelley
28. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
harlem renaissance
independent clause
Activating Prior Knowledge
sonnet
29. 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
Foreshadowing
symbol
infinitive
extended metaphor
30. 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
Participle
setting
John Keats
common noun
31. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
elegy
common noun
Scaffolding
tone
32. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
simple sentence
Amy Tan
homophone
tone
33. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
noun
free verse
conjunction
George Orwell
34. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching
J. D. Salinger
Willa Cather
Modeling
Epic
35. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'
George Herbert
Transcendentalism
collective noun
J. D. Salinger
36. The perspective from which the story is told (first - person - third - person objective - third - person omniscient - etc)
allegory
chronological sequence
point of view
declarative sentence
37. Using anticipation guides - semantic feature analysis - pretests - and discussions
Activating Prior Knowledge
exclamatory sentence
present perfect verb
Zora Neale Hurston
38. 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'
setting
John Donne
Scaffolding
William Shakespeare
39. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
Stephen Crane
personification
John Donne
Willa Cather
40. 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
haiku
metaphor
Emily Dickinson
science fiction
41. A worn - out idea or overused expression
Alliteration
Antecedent
Cliche
symbol
42. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story
setting
harlem renaissance
C. S. Lewis
historical fiction
43. A sentence that requests or commands
imperative sentence
appositive
hyperbole
Anne Frank
44. 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
past perfect verb
historical fiction
preposition
C. S. Lewis
45. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind
paradox
present perfect verb
British Romantics
synecdoche
46. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Alice Walker
extended metaphor
tone
homophone
47. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
myth
Characterization
complex sentence
pronoun
48. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Activating Prior Knowledge
Mark Twain
Allusion
Dialect
49. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
compound sentence
elegy
Percy Bysshe Shelley
harlem renaissance
50. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
Harper Lee
Anne Frank
symbolism
appeal to authority
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