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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.






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






3. 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.






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






5. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






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






7. The telling of a story.






8. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






9. The main character or hero of a written work.






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






11. A contradictory statement that makes sense






12. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning. There are three types....Dramatic - Verbal - Situation.






13. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






14. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






15. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






16. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






17. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






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






19. The writer says one thing and means another






20. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






21. A suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






22. 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






23. Narrative fiction that involves gods and heroes or has a theme that expresses a culture's ideology. Examples of Greek ______ include Zeus and the Olympians and The Trojan War. Roman ______ include Hercules - Apollo - and Venus.






24. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






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






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






27. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.






28. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






29. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






30. 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






31. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






32. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






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






35. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






36. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






37. Meter that is composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented - usually used in light or whimsical poetry - such as limerick.






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






39. A short story or folktale that contains a moral - which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. Examples include The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse - The Tortoise and the Hare - and The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.






40. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






41. An expository piece written with eloquence that becomes part of the recognized literature of an era. Often reveal historical facts - the social mores of the times - and the thoughts and personality of the author. Some have recorded and influenced the






42. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






43. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.






44. A type of Japanese poem that is written in 17 syllables with three lines of five - seven - and five syllables - respectively. Expresses a single thought.






45. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






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47. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.






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






49. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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







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