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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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.






4. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






5. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






7. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






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






10. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






11. 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.






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






13. The time and place in which a story occurs.






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






15. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






33. The story is told by someone outside the story.






34. The main character or hero of a written work.






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






36. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.






37. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






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






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






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






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42. 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.






43. 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 .






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






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






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






47. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






50. 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