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Praxis ELA 5308 Study Guide

Total questions: 222

Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins

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1.

In its simplest form, is the correct spelling of words. It involves understanding the rules and patterns that govern how letters and letter combinations represent sounds and spellings in a language

a)

Orthography

b)

Allusion

c)

Rhetoric

d)

Haiku

2.

designed to be used to accomplish a specific task or provide information for daily life

a)

Expository Texts

b)

Functional Texts

c)

Poetry

d)

Prose

3.

aim to inform and educate the reader about a topic, often in a structured and objective manner

a)

Expository Texts

b)

Functional Texts

c)

Poetry

d)

Prose

4.

structure of a Haiku

a)

5-4-3

b)

3-4-5

c)

7-5-7

d)

5-7-5

5.

two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (examples: Understand and Comprehend)

a)

Anapest Meter

b)

Dactlyl Meter

c)

Iamb Meter

d)

Spondee Meter

6.

Components of a Compare & Contrast Essay

a)

Analysis

b)

Details

c)

Method

d)

Evaluation

7.

an instructional tool to assist with scaffolding

a)

direct instruction

b)

anticipation guide

c)

graphic organizer

d)

socratic seminar

8.

attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, action

a)

Monroe's Motivated Sequence of Speech Delivery

b)

Impromptu Speech Delivery

c)

Fable

d)

Kairos

9.

The period of Modernism in Literature

a)

1800-1850

b)

1860-1890

c)

1914-1945

d)

Post 1945

10.

Which plays below are tragedies:

a)

Othello

b)

Twelfth Night

c)

King Lear

d)

Venus & Adonis

11.

a short story that teaches a lesson or conveys a moral stance, often using animals

a)

Myth

b)

Drama

c)

Folktale

d)

Fable

12.

emphasized the spiritual connection between humans and nature

a)

Transcendentalist

b)

Romanticism

c)

Renaissance

d)

Modernism

13.

Who wrote The Outsiders?

a)

S.E. Hinton

b)

George Orwell

c)

Edgar Allen Poe

d)

Frank Baum

14.

Who wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

a)

S.E. Hinton

b)

George Orwell

c)

Edgar Allen Poe

d)

Frank Baum

15.

What are the 2 subgenres of the American Renaissance (a period of romanticism)?

a)

Modernism

b)

Post Modernism

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

Dark Romantics

16.

which term refers to the way a text is constucted and organized?

a)

genre

b)

form

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

meter

17.

What 3 components form the meaning of a text?

a)

Genre

b)

Form

c)

Structure

d)

Content

18.

What are the major forms of literature? (select all)

a)

Nonfiction

b)

Fiction

c)

Poetry

d)

Drama

19.

epics, elegies, lyric, sonnets, odes

a)

types of poems

b)

types of drama

c)

types of fiction

d)

types of nonfiction

20.

comedies, tragedies, farces

a)

types of poems

b)

types of dramas

c)

types of fiction

d)

types of nonfiction

21.

Who wrote The Lottery (1948)?

a)

Salinger

b)

Poe

c)

O'Connor

d)

Jackson

22.

Who wrote the Tell-Tale Heart (1843)?

a)

Salinger

b)

Poe

c)

O'Connor

d)

Jackson

23.

Which below is a novella?

a)

The Call of the Wild (London, 1903)

b)

The Lottery (Jackson, 1948)

c)

The Outsiders

(S.E. Hinton, 1967)

d)

Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)

24.

Which of the following are passed by word of mouth?

a)

Myths

b)

Legends

c)

Fables

d)

Folktales

25.

exist on the edge of reality

a)

Legends

b)

Myths

c)

Fables

d)

Folktales

26.

Organizing poetry around how words are emphasized to produce rhythm

a)

Iambs

b)

Metric

c)

Foot

d)

Meter

27.

meters grouped into 2 or 3 syllable patterns

a)

form

b)

metric

c)

foot

d)

meter

28.

a foot with 2 syllables, the second syllable is stressed

a)

iamb

b)

trochee

c)

dactyl

d)

anapest

29.

a foot with 2 syllables, the first syllable is stressed

a)

iamb

b)

trochee

c)

dactyl

d)

anapest

30.

a foot with 3 syllables, the first is stressed

a)

iamb

b)

trochee

c)

dactyl

d)

anapest

31.

a foot with 3 syllables, the third is stressed

a)

iamb

b)

trochee

c)

dactyl

d)

anapest

32.

one stanza, 14 lines, typically 5 iambs

a)

Haiku

b)

Sonnett

c)

Couplet

d)

Blank verse

33.

2 rhyming lines in iambic pentameter

a)

Haiku

b)

Sonnett

c)

Couplet

d)

Blank verse

34.

create a physical image

a)

free verse

b)

blank verse

c)

concrete

d)

haiku

35.

Who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"? (1969)

a)

George Orwell

b)

Edgar Allen Poe

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Joseph Conrad

36.

plot, character, thought, diction, music, and spectacle

a)

Monroe's Speech Delivery

b)

Aristotle's Drama Elements

c)

Shakespeare's Drama Elements

d)

Emerson's Novel Elements

37.

spoken by an actor alone on stage

a)

aside

b)

symbolism

c)

dialogue

d)

soliloquy

38.

one actors turns to speak to the audience while others are on stage

a)

aside

b)

symbolism

c)

dialogue

d)

soliloquy

39.

rising meters

a)

iamb

b)

trochee

c)

anapest

d)

dactyl

40.

falling meters

a)

iamb

b)

trochee

c)

anapest

d)

dactyl

41.

Who wrote "The Tiger," an example of a trochee?

a)

Emerson

b)

Blake

c)

Tennyson

d)

Whitman

42.

two stressed syllables (example: heartbreak)

a)

iamb

b)

dactyl

c)

spondee

d)

pyrrhic

43.

What type of literature was prominent in 17th and 18th century America?

a)

Romantic

b)

Native American & Colonial

c)

Dark Romantics

d)

Modern

44.

What are the themes of Native American/Colonial Literature?

a)

Survival

b)

Politics

c)

Religion

d)

Individuality

45.

What did Native American oral stories focus on?

a)

a hero's journey

b)

natural changes

c)

creation

d)

hardships

46.

What are some characteristics of American Romantic Literature (1830-1870)?

a)

Imagination

b)

Individuality

c)

Nature as Spiritual

d)

Common Man as Heroes

47.

What historical era was occurring during the American Romanticism period?

a)

World War 1

b)

World War 2

c)

American Revolution

d)

Industrial Revolution

48.

Who is considered the father of American Literature?

a)

Oliver Holmes

b)

James Cooper

c)

Washington Irving

d)

Henry Longfellow

49.

Who wrote the first American novel?

a)

Washington Irving

b)

James Cooper

c)

John Whittier

d)

Oliver Holmes

50.

Through romantic literature, what did Americans challenge?

a)

the politics of everyday events

b)

the psychological effects of guilt and sin

c)

the rational thinking of the Age of Reason

d)

the relationship between self and universe

51.

The American Renaissance is broken down into two subgenres:

a)

Romanticism

b)

Dark Romanticism

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

Modernism

52.

Which authors are prominent figures of the dark romantics period?

a)

Poe

b)

Hawthorne

c)

Melville

d)

Orwell

53.

What are the characteristics of the dark romantic period?

a)

"Creepy" Symbols

b)

Horrific Themes

c)

Religion

d)

Guilt & Sin

54.

What dark romantic novel is centered around a man who is guilt-ridden due to infidelity and drives himself to death?

a)

Tell-Tale Heart

b)

The Scarlet Letter

c)

The Raven

d)

Animal Farm

55.

Dark romanticism is focused on...

a)

The why behind everyday events and hardships

b)

The what of religious freedoms

c)

The how of natural events

d)

The psychological why behind characters' evil acts

56.

The years marked by Transcendentalism

a)

1840s-1860s

b)

1914-1945

c)

1830s-1850s

d)

17th and 18th Centuries

57.

Transcendentalists are often referred to as...

a)

romantics

b)

nonconformists

c)

religious

d)

psychoanalytical

58.

He was the center of the transcendentalist movement, wrote an essay titled "Nature" to kickstart the movement, and founded a magazine called "The Dial."

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

d)

Edgar Allen Poe

59.

He was a prominent figure of the Transcendentalist period. He authored a book titled "Walden" based on his experiences as a learned naturalist.

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

d)

Edgar Allen Poe

60.

a period of American literature that portrayed life as it really was

a)

Modernism

b)

Realism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Colonialism

61.

What years are considered the realism period?

a)

17th & 18th Centuries

b)

1830-1870

c)

1830-1850

d)

1865-1910

62.

A greater divide between the rich and poor, with a more literate population, led to the rise of this literary period

a)

Romanticism

b)

Realism

c)

Modernism

d)

Post-Modernism

63.

____ is known for including regionalism within his realism novels. His stories included local color and the unique personality of a grographical region.

a)

Poe

b)

Orwell

c)

Twain

d)

Emerson

64.

This period of literature came from the struggle many people had with new ideas post war.

a)

Modernism

b)

Post-Modernism

c)

Realism

d)

Romanticism

65.

Which of the below had an effect on modernism:

a)

technology

b)

wealth

c)

world wars

d)

unease

66.

Founder of psychoanalysis, well known for the Oedipus complex

a)

Freud

b)

Fitzgerald

c)

Faulkner

d)

Hemingway

67.

wrote about a world of excess post WW II

a)

Freaud

b)

Fitzgerald

c)

Faulkner

d)

Hemingway

68.

known for incorporating long sentences into his writings that reflect a stream of consciousness

a)

Freud

b)

Fitzgerald

c)

Faulkner

d)

Hemingway

69.

wrote simple texts that reflected his struggle with post-war experiences

a)

Freud

b)

Faulkner

c)

Fitzgerald

d)

Hemingway

70.

reflected the new ideas of the 20th century and introduced new forms of poems

a)

Modernism

b)

Modernist Poetry

c)

Renaissance

d)

Romanticism

71.

The pioneer of modernist poetry. He simplified the language of poetry and incorporated pessimism into themes.

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Mark Twain

d)

E.A. Robinson

72.

a movement in the 1920s and 1930s that was influenced by Jazz, migration to the North, and proximity to one another to discuss shared experiences

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Contemporary Period

c)

Modernism Period

d)

Realism Period

73.

Author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

a)

W.E.B DuBois

b)

Alain Locke

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Arthur Miller

74.

marked by the end of WWII and was an underground response to extreme patriotism

a)

Dark Romantic Period

b)

Realism Period

c)

Modern Period

d)

Contemporary Period

75.

example of a contemporary period work

a)

Catcher in the Rye

(J.D. Salinger)

b)

The Road Not Taken

(Robert Frost)

c)

Song of Myself

(Walt Whitman)

d)

A Tale of Two Cities

(Charles Dickens)

76.

Select all that were prominent in contemporary period works

a)

quest for identity

b)

expressionalism

c)

nature as spiritual

d)

juxtaposition

77.

What is Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" symbolic of?

a)

the french revolution

b)

nature is within us

c)

regretting the path not taken

d)

guilt and sin

78.

What is the first era of British Literature (about 400 AD)

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Modern

d)

Post-Modern

79.

What is the oldest recorded poem in Old English?

a)

The Road not Taken

b)

Caedmon's Hymn

c)

Canterberry Tales

d)

Beowulf

80.

What is alliterative verse?

a)

each line of the poem ends with the same letter

b)

each word of a line of peotry starts with the same letter

c)

each line of the poem starts with the same letter

d)

a break (pause) in the middle of a line

81.

Who is the author of the Old English epic "Beowulf?"

a)

Sir Thomas Malory

b)

The Pearl Poet

c)

William Langland

d)

Unknown

82.

Which of the following are common written forms/genres of Medieval literature?

a)

Chapter Novels

b)

Elegiac Poems

c)

Riddles

d)

Saints' Lives

(religious)

83.

Who is the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

a)

The Pearl Poet

b)

William Langland

c)

Chaucer

d)

Sir Thomas Malory

84.

When did the British Renaissance occur?

a)

12th-13th Centuries

b)

14th-15th Centuries

c)

16th-17th Centuries

d)

18th-19th Centuries

85.

What were 2 historical events that prompted the beginning of the British Renaissance period?

a)

End of the French Revolution

b)

End of the 100 Years' War

c)

End of WW I

d)

End of the Black Plague

86.

What dramatist was at the forefront of the British Renaissance movement?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Marlow

c)

Johnson

d)

Bacon

87.

Which dramatist was a precursor to Shakespeare and the author of "Doctor Faustus"

a)

John Dunne

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Christopher Marlowe

d)

Ben Johnson

88.

Which Renaissance poet wrote "The Faerie Queene?"

a)

Edmund Spenser

b)

John Dunne

c)

Philip Sidney

d)

Francis Bacon

89.

Which Renaissance figure is known as a literary critic?

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Philip Sidney

c)

John Dunne

d)

Ben Johnson

90.

Who is the father of empiricism (empirical evidence)?

a)

Edmund Spenser

b)

Shakespeare

c)

JOhn Dunne

d)

Francis Bacon

91.

British period, 1660-1688, Charles II was restored to the throne, and the return of the theatre

a)

Medievel

b)

Contemporary

c)

Reanissance

d)

Restoration

92.

when James II was removed from the throne

a)

Glorious Revolution

b)

Romanticism

c)

Modernism

d)

French Revolution

93.

Select all that are assocated with Restoration Poetry

a)

Classical

b)

Religious

c)

Traditional

d)

Romantic

94.

iambic pentameter example

a)
The road not taken is a path of choice.
b)
To be or not to be, that is the question.
c)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
d)
Roses are red, violets are blue.
95.

1800-1840, contrast to the Enlightenment, focus on emotion and humanity

a)

Renaissance

b)

Restoration

c)

Romanticism

d)

Modernism

96.

What was a central romantic theme in Shelley's "Frankenstein?"

a)

finding one's self

b)

supernatural occurrences

c)

departure from reason

d)

humanity is more than body parts

97.

Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" explored themes of...

a)

Identity

b)

supernatural

c)

humanity

d)

emotion

98.

The Bronte sisters, although falling within the Victorian era, are considered romantics because...

a)

Their works explored the effects of WW I.

b)

Their works explored supernatural elements not highlighted in the Victorian era.

c)

Their works explored breaking with tradition.

d)

Their works explored nonlinear plot structures.

99.

What event sparked British Romanticism?

a)

French Revolution

b)

WWI

c)

WWII

d)

Glorious Revolution

100.

What is one key difference between romantic poetry and earlier works?

a)

Romantic poetry is easier to read because it incorporates everyday language.

b)

Romantic poetry is much longer than prior works.

c)

Romantic poetry is known for heroic couplets.

d)

Romantic poetry is known for incorporating juxtaposing imagery.

101.

Select all poets that are associated with romanticism:

a)

Tennyson

b)

Wordsworth

c)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

d)

William Blake

102.

Select all that are known as the second generation of romantic poets:

a)

John Keats

b)

Percy Shelley

c)

Wordsworth

d)

Lord Byron

103.

1837-1901, characterized by the growth in population and poor conditions for the working class

a)

Renaissance

b)

Victorian

c)

Modern

d)

Romantic

104.

What is a main characteristic of Charles Dickens' novels?

a)

strong desire to connect to the past

b)

delving into the unknown

c)

good people dealing with bad circumstance

d)

the powerful potential of humans

105.

What was George Eliot's true persona?

a)

Mary Ann Evans

b)

Mary Shelley

c)

Matthew Arnold

d)

Robert Browning

106.

Select all characteristics of Victorian Poetry:

a)

nostalgia

b)

imperialism

c)

humor

d)

religious skepticism

107.

Select all characteristics of modernism:

a)

nonlinear plots

b)

stream of consciousness

c)

irony & satire

d)

allusions

108.

What is a key focus of works from the British modernist era?

a)

nostalgia

b)

experimentation & individualism

c)

emotion & intuition

d)

guilt & sin

109.

Select all aspects of blank verse:

a)

metrical but unrhymed lines

b)

follows iambic pentameter

c)

contemporary poems

d)

after 16th century

110.

Select all aspects of free verse:

a)

no consistent, meter, rhyme, or pattern

b)

does not follow iambic pentameter

c)

used by contemporary poets

d)

used by 16th century poets

111.

Augustan era of British literature is also called...

a)

Neoclassicism

b)

Renaissance

c)

Modernism

d)

Realism

112.

When was satire established?

a)

Medevial Literature

b)

Early Greek Literature

c)

Colonial Literature

d)

Native American Literature

113.

When writing "Twilight," Stephanie Meyer was influenced by which British Romantic author?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Charlotte Bronte

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

T.S. Eliot

114.

For works to be considered "pre-modern," they mus tbe written prior to...

a)

14th century

b)

15th century

c)

16th century

d)

17th century

115.

Linguists have defined some of the characteristics that are needed to make language. One of these is the ______ component which suggests that language requires physical elements, such as speech or gestures, but not a written system.

a)

linguistic

b)

physiological

c)

systematic

d)

conventional

116.

the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

a)

linguistics

b)

anthropology

c)

philology

d)

etymology

117.

the idea that all languages have one basic grammatical structure

a)

Diglossia

b)

Theory of Language Acquisition

c)

Theory of Universal Grammar

d)

Entomology

118.

contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause

a)

compound sentence

b)

complex sentence

c)

independent clause

d)

dependent clause

119.

What are the core strategies of reciprocal teaching?

a)

Predicting

b)

Clarifying

c)

Questioning

d)

Summarizing

120.

Speaking, listening, participation, preparation, and behavior. These are the standard criteria for grading what?

a)

Narrative essays

b)

Class discussions

c)

Informative projects

d)

Speeches

121.

What are the two elements instructors can use to instill strong writing skills in students?

a)

  • Activities & assessments

b)

Guided writing & journaling

c)

Tools & Materials

d)

  • Word walls & writing workshops

122.

B.F. Skinner's _____ perspective of language acquisition suggests that children learn through operant conditioning, or reactions. This conditioning is built upon the notion of reinforcement.

a)

behavioral

b)

learned

c)

innate

d)

social

123.

What is standard English syntax?

a)

verb-subject-object

b)

subject-verb-object

c)

object-subject-verb

d)

object-verb-subject

124.

Who wrote "The Color Purple?"

a)

Amiri Baraka

b)

Alice Walker

c)

Anne Bradstreet

d)

Dave Pelzer

125.

Who wrote "Dutchman?"

a)

Amiri Baraka

b)

Alice Walker

c)

Anne Bradstreet

d)

Dave Pelzer

126.

Who wrote "A Child Called 'It'?"

a)

Amiri Baraka

b)

Alice Walker

c)

Anne Bradstreet

d)

Dave Pelzer

127.

Who wrote "Annabel Lee," "To Helen," and "The City in the Sea?"

a)

Dr. Seuss

b)

Edgar Allen Poe

c)

Edward Albee

d)

Ellen Raskin

128.

Who wrote "The Sun Also Rises," "A Farewell to Arms," and "The Old Man and the Sea?"

a)

Edgar Allen Poe

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Ernest Hemingway

d)

John Steinbeck

129.

Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Lois Lowry

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Maya Angelou

130.

Who wrote "Moby Dick"?

a)

Melville

b)

Hemingway

c)

Steinbeck

d)

Wilder

131.

Who wrote "The Call of the Wild," "White Fang," and "Martin Eden"?

a)

Hemingway

b)

Melville

c)

London

d)

Steinbeck

132.

Who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?

a)

J.D. Salinger

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Emily Dickinson

d)

John Steinbeck

133.

Who wrote "Tiger Lily"?

a)

Lois Lowry

b)

Ellen Raskin

c)

Jodi Lynn Anderson

d)

Edward Albee

134.

Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," and "East of Eden"?

a)

London

b)

Hemingway

c)

Poe

d)

Steinbeck

135.

Who wrote "The Giver"?

a)

Lois Lowry

b)

Sylvia Plath

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

136.

Who wrote "A Raisin in the Sun"?

a)

Sylvia Plath

b)

Helen Keller

c)

Lois Lowry

d)

Lorraine Hansberry

137.

Who wrote "Little Women"?

a)

Louisa May Alcott

b)

Charlotte Bronte

c)

Sylvia Plath

d)

C.S. Lewis

138.

Who wrote "Gone with the Wind?"

a)

CharlotteBronte

b)

Louisa May Alcott

c)

Margaret Mitchell

d)

Phillis Wheatley

139.

Who wrote "The Scarlet Letter"?

a)

Hawthorne

b)

Hemingway

c)

Whitman

d)

Wilder

140.

Who wrote "Invisible Man"?

a)

N. Scott Momaday

b)

Ralph Ellison

c)

Thornton Wilder

d)

Walt Whitman

141.

Who wrote "The Bell Jar," The Collossus and Other Poems," and "Ariel"?

a)

Ralph Ellison

b)

Phillis Wheatley

c)

Toni Morrison

d)

Sylvia Plath

142.

Who wrote "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved"?

a)

Toni Morrison

b)

Lois Lowry

c)

Sylvia Plath

d)

Maya Angelou

143.

Nonfiction author who wrote "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

a)

Stan lee

b)

Robert Frost

c)

Truman Capote

d)

Walt Whitman

144.

Who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!"?

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Emerson

c)

Ralph Ellison

d)

Hawthorne

145.

Who wrote "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Washington Irving

c)

William Faulkner

d)

N. Scott Momaday

146.

Who wrote "As I Lay Dying" and "A Rose for Emily"?

a)

William Golding

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Washington Irving

d)

William Faulkner

147.

Who wrote "A Clockwork Orange"?

a)

Anthony Burgess

b)

C.S. Lewis

c)

Charlotte Bronte

d)

George Orwell

148.

Who wrote "Great Expectations" and "A Christmas Carol"?

a)

C.S. Lewis

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Jack London

d)

Herman Melville

149.

Who wrote "Jane Eyre"?

a)

Jane Austin

b)

George Eliot

c)

Emily Bronte

d)

Charlotte Bronte

150.

Who wrote "The Chronicles of Narnia"?

a)

C.S. Lewis

b)

Lois Lowry

c)

George Orwell

d)

J.K. Rowling

151.

Who wrote "Wuthering Heights"?

a)

Emily Bronte

b)

Charlotte Bronte

c)

Jane Austin

d)

Doris Lessing

152.

Who wrote "A Passage to India"?

a)

C.S. Lewis

b)

E.M. Forester

c)

D.H. Lawrence

d)

W.E.B. Dubois

153.

Who wrote "Middle March"?

a)

John Milton

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

George Orwell

d)

George Eliot

154.

Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility"?

a)

Jane Austin

b)

Jane Eyre

c)

Charlotte Bronte

d)

Emily Bronte

155.

Who wrote "Paradise Lost"?

a)

John Milton

b)

Johnathan Swift

c)

Joseph Conrad

d)

J.R.R Tolkien

156.

Who wrote "Gulliver's Travels"?

a)

Jonathan Swift

b)

John Milton

c)

Joseph Conrad

d)

J.R.R. Tolkien

157.

Who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?

a)

Lois Lowry

b)

Lewis Caroll

c)

T.S. Eliot

d)

Virginia Woolf

158.

Who wrote "The Importance of Being Ernest"?

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

T.S. Eliot

c)

Emerson

d)

Whitman

159.

Who wrote "The Golden Compass"?

a)

Vera Brittain

b)

Lewis Carrol

c)

Phillip Pullman

d)

Robert Burns

160.

Who wrote "Mary Poppins"?

a)

P.L. Travers

b)

Walt Disney

c)

T.E. Lawrence

d)

T.S. Eliot

161.

Who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?

a)

Brittain

b)

Lawrence

c)

Hardy

d)

Dahl

162.

Who wrote "Waiting for Godot"?

a)

Samuel Beckett

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Ben Johnson

d)

Samuel Coleridge

163.

Who wrote "Lord of the Flies"?

a)

William Golding

b)

William Congreve

c)

William Thackeray

d)

William Faulkner

164.

Who wrote "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad"?

a)

Homer

b)

The Pearl Poet

c)

Unknown

d)

Aesop

165.

Who wrote "A Modest Proposal"?

a)

Jonathan Swift

b)

J.R.R. Tolkien

c)

T.S. Eliot

d)

Thomas Hardy

166.

Who wrote "War and Peace"?

a)

Charlotte Bronte

b)

Emily Bronte

c)

Pearl S. Buck

d)

Leo Tolstoy

167.

Who wrote "The Book Thief"?

a)

Markus Zusah

b)

Margaret Atwood

c)

C.S. Lewis

d)

Sylvia Plath

168.

What are main themes found in literature?

a)

Individual v. Self

b)

Individual v. Nature

c)

Individual v. Society

d)

Individual v. Individual

169.

Points of view in a literary work are expressed through...

a)

rhetoric

b)

plot

c)

tone

d)

dialogue

170.

What are the three main types of rehtorical influence?

a)

Ethos

b)

Narros

c)

Logos

d)

Pathos

171.

If you can replace with "he," "she," or "they," use

a)

whom

b)

who

c)

whose

d)

who's

172.

  • If you can replace with "him," "her," or "them," use


a)

whom

b)

who

c)

who's

d)

whose

173.

refers to physical or literal distances

a)

farther

b)

further

c)

morever

d)

peak

174.

  • Refers to figurative or metaphorical distances, such as in abstract thought or ideas.

  • Can also mean "additional" or "more".

a)

Farther

b)

Further

c)

Morever

d)

Additionally

175.

What is an example of a split infinitive?

a)

To boldly go

b)

To go boldly

c)

Boldly go to

d)

Go boldly to

176.

a native language that is developed by blending separate languages to create a new, simpler, blended language

a)

jargon

b)

dialect

c)

colloquialism

d)

creole

177.

refers to an abbreviated or shorthand version of speaking that multilingual individuals develop. It creates a blended sublanguage that leads to Creole

a)

Pidgin

b)

Dialect

c)

Regionalism

d)

Slang

178.

What are the three tiers of language development?

a)

expression

b)

academic vocabulary

c)

basic phonology

d)

highly developed vocabulary

179.

What are aspects of style choice?

a)

diction

b)

cause and effect

c)

figurative language

d)

sentence structure

180.

five step process for effective writing

a)

prewriting, revising, writing, editing, completing/publishing

b)

prewriting, writing, revising, editing, completing/publishing

c)

prewriting, writing, editing, publishing

d)

prewriting, editing, revising, writing, publishing

181.

Which type of sentence structure includes two or more independent clauses?

a)

compoun-complex

b)

complex

c)

simple

d)

compound

182.

Which of the following terms is something that contains a subject and a verb?

a)

phrase

b)

clause

c)

sentence

d)

structure

183.

A writer uses three steps to identify which type of writing to use. Those steps include all of the following except...

a)

annalyzing word choice

b)

determining the purpose

c)

identifying an audience

d)

choosing a topic

184.

Which of the following indicates written or spoken information that is pertinent to anybody?

a)

supporting details, evidence, and reasoning

b)

summary of main idea and supporting points

c)

enhanced imagery of the purpose

d)

introduction of the main idea

185.

Engaging listeners or readers is all about establishing which of the following?

a)

format

b)

authenticity

c)

rapport

d)

connection

186.

if a passage is described as "symbolic, figurative or representative of something," what adjective below is that?

a)

symbolic

b)

allegorical

c)

informational

d)

descriptive

187.

the simple words and physical expressions that individuals use whey they're first learning to communicate

a)

basic expression

b)

highly specific grammar

c)

general academic grammar

d)

slang

188.

What type of learning occurs when individuals are exposed to language or vocabulary that is not part of a structured learning?

a)

direct instruction

b)

visual learning

c)

incidental learning

d)

general academics

189.

What type of learning involves structured lessons in an academic environment?

a)

Direct instruction

b)

visual learning

c)

indirect instruction

d)

sensory learning

190.

Which of the following stages of language develops between birth and 6 months?

a)

Speech emergence

b)

Preproduction

c)

Intermediate fluency

d)

Behavioral Language

191.

Which of the following stages of language development occurs between 6 months and 1 year?

a)

Preproduction

b)

Early Production

c)

Speech emergence

d)

Basic language

192.

Which stage of language development occurs between 1 and 3?

a)

Advanced fluency

b)

Intermediate fluency

c)

Early production

d)

Speech emergence

193.

Which stages of language development occurs between 3 and 5?

a)

Advanced fluency

b)

Speech emergence

c)

Preproduction

d)

Intermediate fluency

194.

Which stage of language development occurs between 5 and 7?

a)

Intermediate fluency

b)

Preproduction

c)

Advanced fluency

d)

Speech emergence

195.

Which term best describes word usage that elevates speech or writing with a linguistic approach that is specific to a set group of individuals?

a)

Vernacular

b)

Slang

c)

Dialect

d)

Jargon

196.

The spoken, written, or codified way in which individuals communicate is known by which term?

a)

Language

b)

Dialect

c)

Pidgin

d)

Accent

197.

Grammar, vocabulary, or phonology that distinguishes individuals from a specific area through grammar or vocabulary?

a)

Accent

b)

Vernacular

c)

Dialect

d)

Colloquialism

198.

What is very casual and familiar language that is used among individuals in an informal way?

a)

Creole

b)

Accent

c)

Colloquialism

d)

Vernacular

199.

What part of speech describes a verb?

a)

preposition

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

noun

200.

Which of the following denotes an exclamation?

a)

An interjection

b)

A conjuction

c)

A prepositon

d)

An adjective

201.

Which of the following punctuation marks separates letters or words in a sentence?

a)

semicolon

b)

dash

c)

colon

d)

slash

202.

What is the term defined as increasing readability and overall comprehension by making it easy to identify the different parts of a sentence and its meaning?

a)

collusion

b)

argumentation

c)

comprehension

d)

parallelism

203.

Political journals and advertisements are considered to be which type of writing?

a)

narrative

b)

descriptive

c)

argumentative

d)

informative

204.

Introducing a speaker, clearly stating the main topic, providing supporting evidence, and including a conclusion are all part of which process?

a)

outlining

b)

researching

c)

preparing

d)

formatting

205.

Organizing items based upon a specific idea or event that will soon come to pass is known as ____ organization.

a)

General

b)

Numerical

c)

Summary

d)

Spatial

206.

An author's language or choice of vocabulary is known as...

a)

vernacular

b)

diction

c)

jargon

d)

tone

207.

The writing mode that utilizes informative argument is known as...

a)

Logos

b)

Ethos

c)

Pathos

d)

Rhetoric

208.

The way in which words, grammar, punctuation, and sentences flow is part of...

a)

Writing style

b)

Sentence fluidity

c)

Rhetorical appeal

d)

Sentence structure

209.

Which of the following uses emotion and empathy as its function?

a)

Logos

b)

Ethos

c)

Pathos

d)

Rhetoric

210.

When choosing the most effective type of writing as it pertains to your audience, all of the following are true except...

a)

identifying the purpose behind the writing

b)

determining the audience you are writing for

c)

adapting your writing mode to meet the interests of your targeted audience

d)

understanding where individuals are from

211.

What is the technical term for public speaking that includes knowing and adapting to your audience, understanding your audience's demographics, and having background information on them?

a)

audience analysis

b)

public speaking ethics

c)

critical thinking

d)

speech organization

212.

Which of the following terms includes ethical obligations, power of public speaking, paraphrasing, and plagiarism?

a)

logical thinking

b)

ethical standards

c)

audience analysis

d)

speech optimization

213.

Modes of persuasion and logical fallacies fall under which of the following topics of public speaking?

a)

logical thinking

b)

speech optimization

c)

audience analysis

d)

ethical standards

214.

Sharing your life story or an autobiography is an example of which type of writing?

a)

descriptive

b)

informative

c)

narrative

d)

argumentative

215.

What organizational structure should be used for instructions to assemble a bookshelf?

a)

time (sequential) order

b)

topic order

c)

logical order

d)

casual order

216.

Personal journal entries are an example of which type of writing?

a)

narrative

b)

descriptive

c)

informative

d)

argumentative

217.

Which of the following refers to easily flowing from one thought to the next?

a)

writing style

b)

sentence fluidity

c)

supporting details

d)

transitional style

218.

which of the following is the technique that writers use, including syntax, word choice, and tone?

a)

writing mode

b)

sentence fluidity

c)

writing style

d)

rhetorical appeal

219.

what type of writing is included in comics?

a)

informative

b)

argumentative

c)

descriptive

d)

narrative

220.

which of the following options should be used for an informative speech on how to put a baby crib together?

a)

chronological order

b)

structural order

c)

logical order

d)

causal order

221.

which of the following is an organizational style that describes items or events in a sequence (not time based)?

a)

chronological

b)

numerical

c)

general

d)

spatial

222.

the use of allusions. hyperbole, metaphors, and similes is known as...

a)

transverse language

b)

figurative language

c)

transitional language

d)

literal language

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