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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






3. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






4. 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.






5. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






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






7. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






8. 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 .






9. 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






10. 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






11. The telling of a story.






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






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






18. The study of the structure of sentences.






19. 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






20. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






21. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






22. 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.






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






24. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






26. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






27. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






28. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






29. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






30. 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.






31. The study of the orgin of words






32. 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.






33. A turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons (or a personified abstraction) who is present of absent. For example - in a recent performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet - Hamlet turned to the audience and spoke directly to one w






34. 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.






35. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






41. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






42. 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.






43. The study of the structure of words.






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






45. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






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






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48. 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






49. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').






50. 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