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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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 -






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






3. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






4. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






5. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






6. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. Persuasive writing.






12. 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






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






14. 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.






15. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






17. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






18. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






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






20. 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.






21. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






22. 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 .






23. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






25. 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






26. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






27. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






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






31. A story about a person's life written by another person.






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






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






34. 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






35. 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.






36. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






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






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






39. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.






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






41. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






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






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






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






45. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






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






48. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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