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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. 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
paradox
appositive
voice
2. A following of one thing after another in time
chronological sequence
style
Zora Neale Hurston
folk tale
3. Modernism -- The Great Gatsby; Winter Dreams; wrote during the jazz age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Edgar Allan Poe
free verse
limerick
4. 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
Henry David Thoreau
J. D. Salinger
novel
5. 14 line poem - fixed rhyme scheme - fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)
Diction
Building Metacognition
future perfect verb
sonnet
6. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
appeal to emotion
Characterization
Robert Frost
complex sentence
7. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
fable
Countee Cullen
collective noun
point of view
8. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
symbolism
paradox
imperative sentence
declarative sentence
9. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Analogy
sonnet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
John Keats
10. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'
noun
George Orwell
Foreshadowing
appeal to emotion
11. A genre - elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science - fiction stories are set in the future
science fiction
Stephen Crane
fairy tale
chronological sequence
12. A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
present perfect verb
Mark Twain
sonnet
independent clause
13. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
complex sentence
novel
independent clause
style
14. Wrote in plain language & about people in Nebraska; 'O Pioneers' - 'My Antonia' - United States; writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
metaphor
Willa Cather
synecdoche
prepositional phrase
15. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
Participle
short story
dependent clause
preposition
16. A sad or mournful poem
J.R.R. Tolkein
George Orwell
compound complex sentence
elegy
17. 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
C. S. Lewis
participial
line graph
William Shakespeare
18. A worn - out idea or overused expression
simple sentence
extended metaphor
Cliche
expository
19. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
style
persuasive
present tense verb
expository
20. description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Imagery
appeal to authority
Allusion
21. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Imagery
future perfect verb
synecdoche
22. A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
Diction
complex sentence
infinitive
preposition
23. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
limerick
personification
dependent clause
24. A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
persuasive
fable
metonymy
John Keats
25. 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
folk tale
apostrophe
Amy Tan
Walt Whitman
26. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631); wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
independent clause
John Donne
Henry David Thoreau
adverb
27. Person - Place - Thing - or Idea
Activating Prior Knowledge
limerick
noun
common noun
28. 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
Ray Bradbury
preposition
participial
extended metaphor
29. 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
infinitive
Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
Transcendentalism
30. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
Scaffolding
proper noun
future perfect verb
Transcendentalism
31. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Epic
noun
Imagery
synecdoche
32. general name for a person - place - thing - or idea
Zora Neale Hurston
paradox
Percy Bysshe Shelley
common noun
33. 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
compound sentence
historical fiction
British Romantics
Ralph Waldo Emerson
34. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
expository
tone
Epic
myth
35. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
Characterization
setting
allegory
present tense verb
36. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
William Shakespeare
personification
tone
mystery
37. Two consecutive rhyming lines
short story
chronological sequence
couplet
Modeling
38. 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.
fairy tale
haiku
Ray Bradbury
Zora Neale Hurston
39. A word that joins two phrases or sentences
conjunction
Langston Hughes
Simile
symbol
40. A sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought
free verse
sentence fragment
imperative sentence
Walt Whitman
41. Verb form used when discussing something that ocurred in the past but (the memory) is presently in your mind
present perfect verb
interrogative sentence
prepositional phrase
voice
42. American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby - Dick (1851) - considered among the greatest American novels
common noun
interrogative sentence
C. S. Lewis
Herman Melville
43. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
verb
compound sentence
creative
Ray Bradbury
44. A circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole
sentence fragment
C. S. Lewis
pie chart
Diction
45. 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
Alice Walker
historical fiction
Transcendentalism
46. Original and imaginative
Diction
Robert Frost
free verse
creative
47. A verb that tells that something has already happened. Many are formed by adding - ed.
Mark Twain
hyperbole
past tense verb
setting
48. A sentence that requests or commands
style
imperative sentence
homophone
independent clause
49. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
appeal to authority
compound complex sentence
past perfect verb
noun
50. 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'
John Keats
Irony
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Shakespeare