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Praxis 2 English Literature
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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. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
past perfect verb
compound sentence
symbol
complex sentence
2. 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
Transcendentalism
Imagery
interrogative sentence
style
3. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
adverb
personification
John Keats
persuasive
4. Expresses action or state of being
Mark Twain
present tense verb
verb
Dialect
5. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
mystery
spatial sequence
Harper Lee
chronological sequence
6. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
expository
Alliteration
Imagery
Allusion
7. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
apostrophe
Andrew Marvell
Characterization
infinitive
8. 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
point of view
synecdoche
preposition
9. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
Andrew Marvell
myth
Anne Frank
tone
10. 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
verb
Building Metacognition
John Keats
Walt Whitman
11. A following of one thing after another in time
chronological sequence
Zora Neale Hurston
symbol
persuasive
12. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
Irony
paradox
Dialect
adverb
13. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
infinitive
Epic
metonymy
fable
14. A reference to a well - known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
J.R.R. Tolkein
fable
apostrophe
15. A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun
sonnet
appositive
Cliche
Epic
16. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
historical fiction
Mary Shelley
homophone
F. Scott Fitzgerald
17. A metaphor developed at great length - occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
homophone
extended metaphor
creative
Henry David Thoreau
18. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
past perfect verb
George Orwell
Andrew Marvell
exclamatory sentence
19. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Andrew Marvell
myth
personification
limerick
20. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
setting
Walt Whitman
passive verb
Characterization
21. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind
setting
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
present perfect verb
22. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
style
Willa Cather
Ray Bradbury
imperative sentence
23. If the subject is plural the verb has to plural also and vis - versa
Imagery
sonnet
Subject Verb Agreement
interrogative sentence
24. 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
conjunction
couplet
George Orwell
British Romantics
25. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
Foreshadowing
noun
Allusion
appeal to authority
26. A word that takes the place of a noun
Antecedent
bar graph
pronoun
Cliche
27. 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
preposition
Stephen Crane
homophone
Jane Austen
28. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Alice Walker
extended metaphor
tone
appeal to authority
29. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)
hyperbole
infinitive
Amy Tan
collective noun
30. 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
dependent clause
C. S. Lewis
interrogative sentence
Allusion
31. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
prepositional phrase
Zora Neale Hurston
Simile
32. A phrase beginning with a preposition
Mary Shelley
future perfect verb
prepositional phrase
passive verb
33. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
limerick
synecdoche
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Transcendentalism
34. 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'
adjective
proper noun
Henry David Thoreau
Percy Bysshe Shelley
35. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
chronological sequence
participial
complex sentence
Activating Prior Knowledge
36. 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
Allusion
Stephen Crane
imperative sentence
37. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Simile
Activating Prior Knowledge
free verse
allegory
38. A worn - out idea or overused expression
metonymy
verb
John Donne
Cliche
39. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
adverb
John Donne
Dialect
John Keats
40. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
appositive
pie chart
Simile
metonymy
41. Two consecutive rhyming lines
couplet
appeal to emotion
adverb
setting
42. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
setting
John Keats
Stephen Crane
Langston Hughes
43. 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
John Keats
William Shakespeare
collective noun
Questioning
44. A sentence expressing strong feeling - usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
verb
exclamatory sentence
Analogy
John Donne
45. Teacher reading aloud - teacher demonstrating appropriate responses to new types of chllenging questions - and reciprocal teaching
short story
Modeling
active verb
harlem renaissance
46. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Dialect
Alice Walker
symbolism
Foreshadowing
47. verb that can be used as an adjective
John Donne
noun
mystery
participial
48. A non - finite form of the verb; verb form used as an adjective
Participle
C. S. Lewis
complex sentence
allegory
49. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
tone
collective noun
Amy Tan
British Romantics
50. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
pie chart
Epic
simple sentence
Foreshadowing