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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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






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






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






12. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).






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14. 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






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






16. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






18. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






19. 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.






20. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






21. 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.






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






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






24. A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains...Couplet: Two - lines - Triplet: Three - lines - Quatrain: Four - lines - Quintet: Five - lines - Sestet: Six- lines - Septet: Seven - lines - Octave: Eight - lines.






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






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






27. A wise saying - usually short and written.






28. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






30. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. The study of the meaning in language.






37. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






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






39. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






40. 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






41. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






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






43. 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.






44. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels






45. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






46. 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






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






48. 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.






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






50. The study of the structure of sentences.