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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The study of the structure of sentences.






2. 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.






3. The writer says one thing and means another






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






5. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






6. 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






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






8. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






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






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






11. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






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






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






14. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl






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






16. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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 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.






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






23. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






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






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






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






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






28. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






29. Persuasive writing.






30. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






31. The study of the orgin of words






32. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






33. 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.






34. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






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






36. 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






37. 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.






38. A socially accepted word or phrase used to replace unacceptable language - such as expressions for bodily functions or body parts. Also used as substitutes for straightforward words to tactfully conceal or falsify meaning. Ex. My grandmother passed a






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






40. 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.






41. A person or being in a narrative






42. The study of the structure of words.






43. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another






44. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.