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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






2. A contradictory statement that makes sense






3. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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






7. The study of the structure of words.






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. The study of the meaning in language.






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






16. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






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






29. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






31. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.






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






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






34. 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






35. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






36. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






45. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






46. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.






47. 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






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






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






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