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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. 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
preposition
chronological sequence
haiku
J. D. Salinger
2. spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
Characterization
point of view
spatial sequence
compound complex sentence
3. Methods a writer uses to develop characters
Simile
Robert Frost
mood
Characterization
4. Attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings
appeal to emotion
legend
active verb
conjunction
5. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
Edgar Allan Poe
symbol
Mark Twain
elegy
6. real events - places - or people are incorporated into a fictional or imaginative story
apostrophe
Andrew Marvell
Building Metacognition
historical fiction
7. 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
Imagery
complex sentence
Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance; wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
spatial sequence
Zora Neale Hurston
mood
past tense verb
9. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany
C. S. Lewis
George Orwell
Anne Frank
Metaphysical poets
10. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Edgar Allan Poe
John Keats
pie chart
Analogy
11. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
tone
Countee Cullen
line graph
chronological sequence
12. Uses an authority figure to support a position - idea - argument - or course of action
appeal to authority
Dialect
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Imagery
13. A sentence that requests or commands
collective noun
Modeling
noun
imperative sentence
14. 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'
adverb
J.R.R. Tolkein
legend
Robert Frost
15. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
Edgar Allan Poe
chronological sequence
tone
mystery
16. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet
Maya Angelou
Epic
preposition
John Keats
17. 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
homophone
participial
compound sentence
dependent clause
18. Expresses action or state of being
Antecedent
chronological sequence
Mary Shelley
verb
19. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle - class families (1775-1817); wrote 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Sense & Sensibility'
Modeling
Jane Austen
pie chart
pronoun
20. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers - understood by the context.
prepositional phrase
George Herbert
preposition
Antecedent
21. A self - contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities
paradox
fairy tale
Maya Angelou
John Donne
22. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
George Herbert
past perfect verb
J. D. Salinger
Irony
23. A word that takes the place of a noun
Questioning
conjunction
Dialect
pronoun
24. English Metaphysical poet; Wrote 'To his Coy Mistress'
haiku
Imagery
imperative sentence
Andrew Marvell
25. 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'
George Orwell
compound complex sentence
hyperbole
Henry David Thoreau
26. Where and when the story takes place (established through description of scenes - colors - smellls - etc)
synecdoche
setting
paradox
Simile
27. A sentence that asks a question
interrogative sentence
Amy Tan
Participle
Epic
28. Fanciful - imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem - often involving mystical creatures - supernatural power - or magic; often a type of folktale.
folk tale
William Shakespeare
fairy tale
Epic
29. describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
line graph
Metaphysical poets
adjective
science fiction
30. A verb that tells that something is happening now.
tone
present tense verb
independent clause
science fiction
31. A verb tense that disucsses the future in a past tense : ie 'I will have sung'
prepositional phrase
Modeling
voice
future perfect verb
32. A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object - an idea - or a person who is either dead or absent.
apostrophe
Ralph Waldo Emerson
dependent clause
preposition
33. A piece of prose fiction - usually under 10000 words
legend
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
short story
34. names a particular person - place - thing or idea
proper noun
Percy Bysshe Shelley
metonymy
pie chart
35. 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
complex sentence
John Keats
Emily Dickinson
Anne Frank
36. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Participle
William Shakespeare
free verse
past perfect verb
37. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
historical fiction
Simile
dependent clause
novel
38. A verb in which the subject is the doer of the action
Epic
active verb
sentence fragment
imperative sentence
39. 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
extended metaphor
limerick
Henry David Thoreau
historical fiction
40. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird - which won a Pulitzer Prize
complex sentence
Harper Lee
active verb
British Romantics
41. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain
extended metaphor
folk tale
compare and contrast
adjective
42. A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemas - including The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
Walt Whitman
conjunction
novel
Ray Bradbury
43. Two consecutive rhyming lines
couplet
independent clause
past tense verb
conjunction
44. Welsh Metaphysical poet - orator and Anglican priest; wrote 'Easter Wings'
George Herbert
style
Willa Cather
Mary Shelley
45. 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
F. Scott Fitzgerald
adjective
simple sentence
C. S. Lewis
46. 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
science fiction
Questioning
folk tale
British Romantics
47. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
spatial sequence
Dialect
science fiction
mystery
48. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
haiku
independent clause
Epic
homophone
49. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
appositive
pie chart
hyperbole
Epic
50. A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
bar graph
extended metaphor
active verb
harlem renaissance