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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






2. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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.'






6. A person's account of his or hew own life.






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






8. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






9. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






10. A contradictory statement that makes sense






11. 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.






12. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






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






14. The main section of a long poem.






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






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






23. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






25. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






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






27. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






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






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






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






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






36. The perspective from which a story is told.






37. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






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.






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






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






41. 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.






42. The study of the meaning in language.






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






44. The study of the structure of sentences.






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46. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.






47. The telling of a story.






48. 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






49. 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






50. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).