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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






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






3. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






4. 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.






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






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7. The perspective from which a story is told.






8. The study of the orgin of words






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






13. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. A contradictory statement that makes sense






19. A person or being in a narrative






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. A poem that is a mournful lament for the dead. Examples include William Shakespeare's 'Eligy' from Cymbeline - Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Requiem -' and Alfred Lord Tennysone's 'In Memoriam.'






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. Persuasive writing.






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






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






32. 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.






33. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. The writer says one thing and means another






39. 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.






40. A suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






41. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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43. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






45. 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.






46. Narrative fiction that involves gods and heroes or has a theme that expresses a culture's ideology. Examples of Greek ______ include Zeus and the Olympians and The Trojan War. Roman ______ include Hercules - Apollo - and Venus.






47. 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






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






49. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






50. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






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