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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






2. 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.






3. An extended fictional prose narrative.






4. A story about a person's life written by another person.






5. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






6. 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 -






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. A break in the rhythm of language - particularly a natural pause in a in a line of verse - maked in prosody by a double vertical line ( || ). Ex. Arma virumque cano - || Troiae qui primus ab oris .






19. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






20. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.






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






22. The study of the orgin of words






23. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. A wise saying - usually short and written.






29. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






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






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






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






33. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






35. 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.






36. A document organized in paragraph form that can be long or short and can be in the form of a letter - dialogue - or discussion. Examples include Politics and the English Language by George Orwell - The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson - and Mo






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






38. 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






39. The writer says one thing and means another






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






42. 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.






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






44. A metrical ______ is defined as one stressed syllable and a number of unstressed syllables (from zero to as many as four). Stressed syllables are indicated by the ? symbol. Unstressed syllables are indicated by the ? symbol. There are four possible t






45. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






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






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






48. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






49. 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.






50. A person or being in a narrative







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