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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






2. The study of the orgin of words






3. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






4. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






5. A person or being in a narrative






6. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






7. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






8. During the mid -19th century in New England - several writers and intellectuals worked together to write - translate works - and publish. Their philosophy focused on protesting the Puritan ethic and materialism. They valued individualism - freedom -






9. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another






10. The study of the structure of sentences.






11. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






12. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






13. The telling of a story.






14. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






15. A wise saying - usually short and written.






16. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






17. The study of the meaning in language.






18. A narrative about human actions that is perceived by both the teller and the listeners to have taken place within human history and that possesses certain qualities that give the tale the appearance of truth or reality. Washington Irvin's The Legend






19. A narrative form - such as an epic - legend - myth - song - poem - or fable - that has been retold within a culture for generations. Examples include The People Couldn't Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and And Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Sch






20. The story is told from the point of view of one character.






21. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






22. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






23. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.






24. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






25. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.






26. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






27. A word that gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. Sue runs very fast - very describes the ____ fast and gives information about how fast Sue runs.






28. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






29. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






30. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.






31. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






32. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






33. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.






34. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






35. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






36. A word that connects other words or groups of words. Ex. In the sentence Bob and Dan are friends - the _____ 'and' connects two nouns and in the sentence.






37. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






38. The story is told by someone outside the story.






39. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






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41. A poem that is a mournful lament for the dead. Examples include William Shakespeare's 'Eligy' from Cymbeline - Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Requiem -' and Alfred Lord Tennysone's 'In Memoriam.'






42. The time and place in which a story occurs.






43. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.






44. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






45. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






46. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






47. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






48. A person's account of his or hew own life.






49. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






50. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.