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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Moral
Limited omniscient
Transcendentalism
Meter
2. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
4 sentence types
Dialect
Verse
Tone
3. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.
Camera view
Third Person
Archaic (diction)
Dialect
4. The study of the structure of sentences.
Tragedy
Ballad
End rhyme
Syntax
5. 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.'
Lyric
Refrain
Elegy
Cliche
6. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.
Refrain
Euphemism
Western
Autobiography
7. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Tragedy
Holistic Scoring
Dactylic
Document (letter - diary - journal)
8. A humorous verse form of five anapestic (Composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented) lines with rhyme scheme of aabba.
Frame tale
Mood
Limerick
Diction
9. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Tone
Connosance
Phonology
Novella
10. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
Archaic (diction)
Point of View
Analogy
Omniscient
11. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Denouement
Connosance
Dialect
Pronoun
12. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Phonetics
Fairy Tale
Imagery
Anapestic Meter
13. 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.
Dialect
Adverb
Dactylic
Foot
14. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.
Vulgarity
Ballad
Anapestic
Mystery
15. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Euphemism
Legend
Meter
Fairy Tale
16. The study of the structure of words.
Preposition
Rhythm
Anapestic
Morphology
17. The perspective from which a story is told.
Colloquialisms (diction)
dramatic irony
Fantasy
Point of View
18. 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.
Trochaic (foot)
Enjambment
Myth
Narrative Point of View
19. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.
Denouement
Diction
First Person
Ballad
20. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Plot
Adverb
Morphology
Western
21. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Irony
Dialect (diction)
Novella
Oxymoron
22. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym
Connotation
Romance
Irony
Paradox
23. The telling of a story.
Narration
Aphorism
Slang (diction)
Connosance
24. 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.
Character
Pragmatics
Repetition
Irony
25. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Tone
Satire
Verse
Diction
26. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Dialect
Transcendentalism
Onomatopoeia
Existentialism
27. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
Analogy
Simile
Free verse
Semantics
28. 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
Romance
Sonnet
Dialect
Diction
29. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Flashback
Rhythm
Blank verse
Jargon (diction)
30. A socially accepted word or phrase used to replace unacceptable language - such as expressions for bodily functions or body parts. Also used as substitutes for straightforward words to tactfully conceal or falsify meaning. Ex. My grandmother passed a
Transcendentalism
Conjunction
Euphemism
Haiku
31. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.
Couplet
4 sentence types
Double speak
End rhyme
32. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Colloquialisms (diction)
Blank verse
Tragedy
Hyperbole
33. A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains...Couplet: Two - lines - Triplet: Three - lines - Quatrain: Four - lines - Quintet: Five - lines - Sestet: Six- lines - Septet: Seven - lines - Octave: Eight - lines.
Mood
Stanza
Iambic (foot)
Lyric
34. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Parody
Jargon (diction)
Verse
Conflict
35. 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
Mood
Fairy Tale
Anapestic Meter
Short story
36. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.
Ambiguity
Clause
Horror
Plot
37. ' U
Dialect
Rhythm
Trochaic (foot)
Canto
38. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
Lyric
Analogy
Morphology
Fable
39. 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.
Setting
Mystery
Tragedy
Euphemism
40. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Aphorism
Denouement
Narration
Refrain
41. U '
Cliche
Archaic (diction)
Iambic (foot)
Mood
42. A word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. The lazy dog sat on the rug - the word lazy is an ____ which gives more information about the noun dog.
Adjective
Pronoun
Dialect
Iambic (foot)
43. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Transcendentalism
Connotation
Clause
Free verse
44. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Setting
Voice
Connosance
Style
45. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Anecdote
Double speak
Dialect
Dialect (diction)
46. The writer says one thing and means another
verbal irony
Satire
Ballad
Camera view
47. The main character or hero of a written work.
Iambic (foot)
Science fiction
Protagonist
Symbol
48. 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 -
Style
Jargon (diction)
Repetition
Transcendentalism
49. A person or being in a narrative
Narrative Point of View
Ambiguity
Short story
Character
50. A story about a person's life written by another person.
Biography
Lyric
Repetition
Western