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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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1. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Verse
Genre
Malapropism
Ambiguity
2. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Phonetics
4 sentence types
verbal irony
Archaic (diction)
3. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Hubris
Setting
Clause
Enjambment
4. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.
Archaic (diction)
Mystery
Anapestic
Foot
5. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
Symbol
Alliteration
Jargon (diction)
Moral
6. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Diction
Imagery
Free verse
Verb
7. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.
Antagonist
Symbol
Protagonist
Canto
8. 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.
Diction
Western
Limited omniscient
Fable
9. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Mood
Foreshadowing
Conjunction
Haiku
10. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.
Myth
Phrase
Epic
Malapropism
11. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Slang (diction)
Connotation
Rhythm
Autobiography
12. The perspective from which a story is told.
Allusion
situation irony
Point of View
End rhyme
13. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Moral
Colloquialisms (diction)
14. 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.
Narrative Point of View
Limerick
Anapestic
Legend
15. 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.
Preposition
Protagonist
Adjective
Heroic couplet
16. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Caesura
Lyric
Morphology
Historical fiction
17. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Frame tale
dramatic irony
Novel
4 sentence types
18. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Jargon
Profanity (diction)
Rhythm
Short story
19. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Narrative Point of View
Anapestic
Analogy
Fairy Tale
20. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Blank verse
Trochaic (foot)
Meter
Mood
21. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Antagonist
Morphology
Iambic (foot)
22. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
Ballad
Folktale
Allusion
situation irony
23. 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
Western
End rhyme
Fairy Tale
Ballad
24. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Article
Narrative Point of View
Assonance
Denouement
25. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Simile
Anapestic Meter
Plot
Novella
26. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.
Flashback
Denotation
Transcendentalism
Setting
27. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Paradox
Conflict
Connotation
Mood
28. 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 -
Canto
Transcendentalism
Aphorism
Foreshadowing
29. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Analogy
Existentialism
Third Person
Hubris
30. 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.
Canto
Short story
Camera view
Dialect (diction)
31. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Dialect (diction)
Jargon
Adverb
Allusion
32. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Elegy
Tone
Characterization
Dialect
33. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Dactylic
Third Person
Allusion
Setting
34. 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
Onomatopoeia
Moral
Narration
Epic
35. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Anecdote
4 sentence types
Dactylic
Limited omniscient
36. 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.
Metaphor
Connosance
Historical fiction
Hyperbole
37. A story about a person's life written by another person.
Biography
Limited omniscient
Allegory
Epic
38. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Apostrophe
Setting
Heroic couplet
Colloquialisms (diction)
39. 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
Ambiguity
Stanza
Enjambment
Clause
40. U '
Iambic (foot)
Point of View
Mood
Sonnet
41. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Fable
Canto
Style
42. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Phonology
situation irony
Biography
Refrain
43. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.
Allusion
Ballad
Mystery
Elegy
44. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Antagonist
Lyric
Hyperbole
Analogy
45. 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.
Mood
Horror
Adjective
Tone
46. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Allegory
Irony
Apostrophe
Dialect
47. A narrative form - such as an epic - legend - myth - song - poem - or fable - that has been retold within a culture for generations. Examples include The People Couldn't Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and And Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Sch
dramatic irony
Caesura
Folktale
Dialect
48. 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
Legend
Plot
Imagery
Mood
49. The study of the orgin of words
Stanza
Foot
Mystery
etymology
50. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Noun
Characterization
Analogy
Tone