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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






2. A turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons (or a personified abstraction) who is present of absent. For example - in a recent performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet - Hamlet turned to the audience and spoke directly to one w






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






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






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






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






7. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






8. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






10. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






11. A word which can be used instead of a noun. Ex instead of saying John is a student - the ____ he can be used in place of the noun John and the sentence becomes He is a student.






12. 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.






13. The writer says one thing and means another






14. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






15. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.






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






17. A contradictory statement that makes sense






18. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels






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






20. The study of the meaning in language.






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. The main section of a long poem.






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






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






30. A narrative that is made up of fantastic characters and creatures - such as witches - goblins - and fairies - and usually begins with the phrase 'Once upon a time...' Examples include Rapunzel - Cinderella - Sleeping Beauty - and Little Red Riding Ho






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






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






36. A fourteen - line poem - usually written in iambic pentameter - with a varied rhyme scheme. Two main types are Petrarchan (or Italian) and the Shakespearean (or English). A Petrarchan opens with an octave that states a proposition and ends with a ses






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






38. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl






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






40. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.






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






42. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect - as in I could sleep for a year or this book weighs a ton.






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






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






46. A genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot - theme - and/or setting. Examples include J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia - and William Morris' The Well at the World's E






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






48. 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.






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






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