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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






2. A narrative technique in which the main story is composed primarily for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories - each of which is a story within a story. Examples include Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Ovid's Metamorphoses - and Em






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






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






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






10. 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






11. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






14. 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 .






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






16. The study of the meaning in language.






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






18. The telling of a story.






19. The main section of a long poem.






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






21. A novel set in the western U.S. featuring the experiences of cowboys and frontiersmen. Examples include Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage and Trail Driver - Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove - Conrad Richter's The Sea of Grass - Fran Striker's The Lo






22. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






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






24. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






25. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






30. The study of the structure of words.






31. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






37. A contradictory statement that makes sense






38. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






39. The narrator records the actions from his or her point of view - unaware of any of the other characters' thoughts or feelings. Also known as the objective view.






40. 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






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






42. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath






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






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






45. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.






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






47. 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.






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






49. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






50. Persuasive writing.






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