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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 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
noun
Transcendentalism
haiku
Simile
2. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
Harper Lee
Robert Frost
complex sentence
proper noun
3. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
common noun
couplet
symbol
Jane Austen
4. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
Alliteration
Mark Twain
Subject Verb Agreement
Alice Walker
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
Countee Cullen
novel
exclamatory sentence
Langston Hughes
6. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
Building Metacognition
passive verb
Herman Melville
pronoun
7. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
apostrophe
Maya Angelou
homophone
sonnet
8. A writer's or speaker's choice of words
haiku
Diction
F. Scott Fitzgerald
pie chart
9. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
complex sentence
Zora Neale Hurston
sonnet
F. Scott Fitzgerald
10. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
extended metaphor
Scaffolding
exclamatory sentence
expository
11. A sentence that asks a question
Modeling
interrogative sentence
Robert Frost
passive verb
12. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
mystery
adverb
style
prepositional phrase
13. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
Scaffolding
preposition
Anne Frank
Harper Lee
14. 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
fable
British Romantics
compound complex sentence
short story
15. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
present tense verb
Alice Walker
compound complex sentence
dependent clause
16. 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.
personification
hyperbole
haiku
prepositional phrase
17. American transcendentalist who was against a government that supported slavery. He wrote down his beliefs in Walden. He started the movement of civil - disobedience when he refused to pay the toll - tax to support him Mexican War; wrote 'Walden'
Henry David Thoreau
cause and effect
setting
legend
18. A sentence that requests or commands
Epic
dependent clause
imperative sentence
simple sentence
19. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
Andrew Marvell
Jane Austen
Willa Cather
passive verb
20. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
Willa Cather
setting
pie chart
pronoun
21. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
paradox
Andrew Marvell
Amy Tan
adverb
22. English gothic writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
Mary Shelley
Characterization
declarative sentence
extended metaphor
23. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
compound complex sentence
Willa Cather
Mark Twain
elegy
24. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
verb
interrogative sentence
Alliteration
British Romantics
25. A sad or mournful poem
adjective
Activating Prior Knowledge
sonnet
elegy
26. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
personification
style
compound sentence
John Keats
27. 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).
British Romantics
adjective
independent clause
Edgar Allan Poe
28. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
Modeling
pronoun
Andrew Marvell
Ray Bradbury
29. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
John Keats
Building Metacognition
free verse
present perfect verb
30. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
proper noun
appeal to authority
Modeling
limerick
31. 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'
future perfect verb
imperative sentence
Ralph Waldo Emerson
persuasive
32. A phrase beginning with a preposition
Characterization
Robert Frost
chronological sequence
prepositional phrase
33. 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
collective noun
limerick
voice
bar graph
34. The fluency - rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer
Percy Bysshe Shelley
mystery
creative
voice
35. 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'
John Keats
Robert Frost
John Donne
allegory
36. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
spatial sequence
C. S. Lewis
Jane Austen
appositive
37. A worn - out idea or overused expression
William Shakespeare
sonnet
passive verb
Cliche
38. A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another
active verb
Scaffolding
past tense verb
cause and effect
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
hyperbole
William Shakespeare
metaphor
Scaffolding
40. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears
couplet
Stephen Crane
persuasive
chronological sequence
41. A word that takes the place of a noun
pronoun
Stephen Crane
Zora Neale Hurston
setting
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
myth
C. S. Lewis
fairy tale
Foreshadowing
43. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
Metaphysical poets
apostrophe
fairy tale
short story
44. A period in the 1920s when African - American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
harlem renaissance
haiku
hyperbole
C. S. Lewis
45. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
proper noun
metaphor
Antecedent
46. 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
Scaffolding
haiku
past perfect verb
Harper Lee
47. A following of one thing after another in time
chronological sequence
free verse
pronoun
appeal to authority
48. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
elegy
line graph
George Herbert
Imagery
49. A word that modifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb
adverb
British Romantics
past tense verb
cause and effect
50. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
free verse
symbol
complex sentence
Diction