Praxis 5154 ELA
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__________________ is a narrative that takes abstract
ideas of behavior - good or bad, wise or foolish -
and attempts to make them concrete and striking.
The chief actor in these stories is usually an animal
or inanimate object that behaves like a human and
engages in a single significant act intended to
teach a moral lesson.
Which of the following will correctly complete the
passage above?
A. a myth
B. a fable
C. an epic
D. a legend - answer B. a fable
The statements on which the question is based
constitute a definition of a fable. While all of the
,choices are types of narrative, only a fable fits the
full description.
Which of the following is the best restatement of
lines 5-6?
A. Travel exposes an individual to new experiences.
B. Reading is an adventure that costs nothing.
C. Chariots are an inexpensive means of travel.
D. Poetry, in comparison with fiction, lacks
seriousness.
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
(5) This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul! - answer B. Reading is
an adventure that costs nothing.
The syntax of line 5 of the poem is inverted. Read
as "the poorest [people] may take this traverse
[i.e. this travel; this route]," the sense becomes
plainer, as does the sense of line 6: "without
oppress [oppression or burden] of toll [i.e.,
, payment]." What remains is to determine that "this
traverse" refers to taking "us lands away" (line 2).
It us a book (line 1) or "page of prancing poetry"
(lines 3-4) that can do that.
In the poem, books and reading are described in
terms related to
A. laborious activities
B. wealth and poverty
C. geographical regions
D. modes of transportation
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
(5) This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul! - answer D. modes of
transportation
The comparison in line 1 of a book to a ship ("a
frigate") and in lines 2-3 of poetry to swift horses
("coursers") makes it clear that books and reading
are described in terms of modes of transportation.
Practice Test
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complete verified
solutions 2024
__________________ is a narrative that takes abstract
ideas of behavior - good or bad, wise or foolish -
and attempts to make them concrete and striking.
The chief actor in these stories is usually an animal
or inanimate object that behaves like a human and
engages in a single significant act intended to
teach a moral lesson.
Which of the following will correctly complete the
passage above?
A. a myth
B. a fable
C. an epic
D. a legend - answer B. a fable
The statements on which the question is based
constitute a definition of a fable. While all of the
,choices are types of narrative, only a fable fits the
full description.
Which of the following is the best restatement of
lines 5-6?
A. Travel exposes an individual to new experiences.
B. Reading is an adventure that costs nothing.
C. Chariots are an inexpensive means of travel.
D. Poetry, in comparison with fiction, lacks
seriousness.
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
(5) This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul! - answer B. Reading is
an adventure that costs nothing.
The syntax of line 5 of the poem is inverted. Read
as "the poorest [people] may take this traverse
[i.e. this travel; this route]," the sense becomes
plainer, as does the sense of line 6: "without
oppress [oppression or burden] of toll [i.e.,
, payment]." What remains is to determine that "this
traverse" refers to taking "us lands away" (line 2).
It us a book (line 1) or "page of prancing poetry"
(lines 3-4) that can do that.
In the poem, books and reading are described in
terms related to
A. laborious activities
B. wealth and poverty
C. geographical regions
D. modes of transportation
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
(5) This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul! - answer D. modes of
transportation
The comparison in line 1 of a book to a ship ("a
frigate") and in lines 2-3 of poetry to swift horses
("coursers") makes it clear that books and reading
are described in terms of modes of transportation.
