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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Caesura
Refrain
Blank verse
Foot
2. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Ambiguity
Denotation
Clause
Novella
3. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Archaic (diction)
Simile
Assonance
Parody
4. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Frame tale
dramatic irony
Phonology
Setting
5. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Parody
Moral
Jargon
Allusion
6. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Tragedy
Adjective
dramatic irony
Dialect (diction)
7. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Denotation
Adverb
Double speak
Allusion
8. 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.
Conjunction
Stanza
verbal irony
Colloquialisms (diction)
9. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Metaphor
Article
Limerick
Legend
10. 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.
Imagery
Canto
Hyperbole
Essay
11. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Biography
Symbol
Imagery
Article
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
situation irony
Characterization
Legend
Connosance
13. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
Epic
Irony
Point of View
Science fiction
14. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
4 sentence types
Article
Conflict
Dialect
15. The telling of a story.
Antagonist
Narration
Heroic couplet
Repetition
16. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Simile
Diction
Allegory
Caesura
17. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Sonnet
Participle
Elegy
Fable
18. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
End rhyme
Fantasy
Oxymoron
Anecdote
19. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Apostrophe
Dialect
Autobiography
Profanity (diction)
20. A genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot - theme - and/or setting. Examples include J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia - and William Morris' The Well at the World's E
Fantasy
Point of View
Adverb
Tragedy
21. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Ballad
Foreshadowing
Vulgarity
Colloquialisms (diction)
22. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Narrative Point of View
Symbol
Limerick
Double speak
23. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Noun
Analogy
Dialect (diction)
Third Person
24. The main section of a long poem.
etymology
Canto
Symbol
Stanza
25. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.
Novel
Legend
Conflict
Voice
26. 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.
Conjunction
Imagery
Analogy
Lyric
27. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Legend
Tragedy
Meter
Myth
28. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Malapropism
Protagonist
Dactylic
Setting
29. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Hubris
Characterization
Short story
Antagonist
30. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.
Malapropism
Adjective
Profanity (diction)
Noun
31. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels
4 sentence types
Fairy Tale
Connosance
Foot
32. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Jargon
Denotation
Plot
Antagonist
33. 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
Narration
Frame tale
Denouement
Simile
34. 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.
Noun
Horror
Tragedy
Internal rhyme
35. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Phonology
Haiku
Tone
Canto
36. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Jargon (diction)
Verb
Haiku
Anecdote
37. 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
Essay
Characterization
Third Person
Transcendentalism
38. 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.
Narration
Connotation
situation irony
Existentialism
39. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Blank verse
Dialect
Phonetics
Alliteration
40. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Style
Tragedy
Imagery
Mood
41. 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.
Narrative Point of View
Clause
Couplet
Haiku
42. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Alliteration
Style
Foreshadowing
Setting
43. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Conflict
Profanity (diction)
Imagery
Slang (diction)
44. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Voice
Dialect (diction)
Trochaic (foot)
Onomatopoeia
45. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
Dactylic
4 sentence types
Voice
Free verse
46. U U '
Horror
Allusion
Folktale
Anapestic
47. 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
Transcendentalism
Epic
Western
Sonnet
48. 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
Elegy
Folktale
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
49. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Fable
Satire
Verse
Ambiguity
50. 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.
Stanza
Fable
Voice
Allegory