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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. The writer says one thing and means another
Dialect (diction)
Pronoun
verbal irony
Parody
2. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Fantasy
Narrative Point of View
Mood
Denotation
3. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Fable
Colloquialisms (diction)
Narrative Point of View
Dialect (diction)
4. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Tragedy
Narrative Point of View
Colloquialisms (diction)
Metaphor
5. 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
Limited omniscient
dramatic irony
Stanza
6. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
dramatic irony
Narrative Point of View
Anapestic Meter
Free verse
7. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Malapropism
4 sentence types
Phonetics
Jargon (diction)
8. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.
Irony
Connosance
Myth
Voice
9. 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 .
Fantasy
Adjective
Caesura
Foreshadowing
10. 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.'
Enjambment
Trochaic (foot)
Elegy
Camera view
11. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Repetition
Canto
Fable
Dactylic
12. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Article
Internal rhyme
Morphology
Flashback
13. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Semantics
Voice
Character
Heroic couplet
14. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Characterization
Verse
Foreshadowing
Rhythm
15. 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 -
Denotation
Transcendentalism
Verse
Iambic (foot)
16. The main character or hero of a written work.
Syntax
Tragedy
Third Person
Protagonist
17. 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.
Horror
Caesura
Epic
Irony
18. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Free verse
Canto
Double speak
Third Person
19. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
Lyric
dramatic irony
Elegy
Narration
20. Persuasive writing.
Rhetoric
Transcendentalism
Satire
Historical fiction
21. 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
Onomatopoeia
Semantics
Essay
Rhythm
22. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Archaic (diction)
Participle
Euphemism
Allusion
23. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie
Semantics
Verse
Connosance
Noun
24. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Jargon (diction)
Slang (diction)
Mood
Iambic (foot)
25. A turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons (or a personified abstraction) who is present of absent. For example - in a recent performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet - Hamlet turned to the audience and spoke directly to one w
Allusion
Apostrophe
Existentialism
Metaphor
26. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
situation irony
Omniscient
dramatic irony
Satire
27. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).
Setting
dramatic irony
4 sentence types
Phrase
28. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Connotation
Oxymoron
Phrase
Paradox
29. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.
Hyperbole
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Genre
Free verse
30. A contradictory statement that makes sense
dramatic irony
Blank verse
Paradox
Foreshadowing
31. U '
Metaphor
Dialect
Iambic (foot)
Double speak
32. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Allegory
Personification
Metaphor
Irony
33. 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.
Fable
Ballad
Conflict
Irony
34. 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.
Denotation
Holistic Scoring
Epic
Blank verse
35. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Phonetics
Onomatopoeia
Rhythm
Euphemism
36. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Alliteration
Analogy
Folktale
Anapestic Meter
37. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.
Denouement
Conjunction
Vulgarity
Profanity (diction)
38. The study of the meaning in language.
Semantics
Allusion
Syntax
Irony
39. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
Novella
Onomatopoeia
situation irony
Adjective
40. 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
Western
Haiku
Clause
Stanza
41. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
First Person
Sonnet
Preposition
etymology
42. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Voice
Colloquialisms (diction)
Semantics
Autobiography
43. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Setting
Haiku
Meter
Denotation
44. The study of the structure of words.
Short story
Archaic (diction)
Morphology
verbal irony
45. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Omniscient
Colloquialisms (diction)
Holistic Scoring
Syntax
46. 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.
Camera view
Dialect (diction)
Profanity (diction)
Repetition
47. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Biography
Phonetics
Internal rhyme
Genre
48. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Rhythm
Conflict
Transcendentalism
Foot
49. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.
Horror
Analogy
Double speak
Symbol
50. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Adjective
Aphorism
Science fiction
Transcendentalism