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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. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Malapropism
Epic
Colloquialisms (diction)
Clause
2. The writer says one thing and means another
Genre
Anapestic Meter
Plot
verbal irony
3. 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.
Antagonist
Pronoun
Legend
Novel
4. 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
Parody
Article
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Antagonist
5. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Syntax
Short story
Antagonist
Allegory
6. 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
Protagonist
Conflict
4 sentence types
Short story
7. 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.
Symbol
Alliteration
Tone
Anapestic Meter
8. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
Lyric
Essay
Rhetoric
Narrative Point of View
9. The study of the structure of sentences.
Dactylic
Anapestic Meter
Mood
Syntax
10. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Style
Canto
Heroic couplet
Hubris
11. 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.
Euphemism
Dialect
Camera view
Epic
12. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Setting
Transcendentalism
Blank verse
Cliche
13. 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
Vulgarity
Slang (diction)
Western
Setting
14. 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.
Article
Science fiction
Oxymoron
Ambiguity
15. The study of the structure of words.
Alliteration
Morphology
Essay
Euphemism
16. 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.
Style
Moral
Preposition
Fable
17. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Onomatopoeia
Enjambment
Couplet
verbal irony
18. 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.
Adverb
Alliteration
Rhetoric
Slang (diction)
19. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Folktale
Personification
Colloquialisms (diction)
Parody
20. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Participle
Setting
Narration
Verse
21. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Dialect (diction)
Denouement
Personification
Stanza
22. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
Phrase
Article
Omniscient
Noun
23. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
etymology
Anapestic Meter
Clause
Tone
24. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Frame tale
Connosance
Denouement
Syntax
25. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Limerick
Paradox
Fairy Tale
Symbol
26. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
verbal irony
Pronoun
Repetition
Allusion
27. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Cliche
Couplet
Allegory
verbal irony
28. A person or being in a narrative
Diction
Character
Paradox
Novella
29. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Satire
Style
Denouement
Anecdote
30. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.
Euphemism
Dactylic
Flashback
Alliteration
31. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Couplet
Malapropism
Biography
Anecdote
32. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
Dialect
Diction
Characterization
Rhythm
33. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Caesura
First Person
Phonology
Verse
34. 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.
Anecdote
Metaphor
Noun
Adjective
35. The perspective from which a story is told.
Legend
Point of View
Double speak
Repetition
36. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Antagonist
Verse
Simile
Vulgarity
37. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Assonance
Sonnet
Meter
Double speak
38. ' U U
Dactylic
Participle
Internal rhyme
Antagonist
39. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.
Assonance
Ballad
Rhythm
Profanity (diction)
40. The telling of a story.
Euphemism
Stanza
Narration
Participle
41. The study of the meaning in language.
Tragedy
Semantics
Fable
Phonetics
42. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Allegory
Canto
Foot
Phonetics
43. 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.
Frame tale
Analogy
Aphorism
Haiku
44. 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.
Frame tale
Conjunction
Paradox
Hubris
45. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Morphology
Adjective
Hubris
verbal irony
46. The main section of a long poem.
Canto
Transcendentalism
situation irony
Third Person
47. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.
Transcendentalism
Existentialism
Essay
Myth
48. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Rhetoric
Novel
Third Person
Cliche
49. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
situation irony
Tone
Canto
Antagonist
50. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Protagonist
verbal irony
Semantics