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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






14. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






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






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.






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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.'






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






23. The main section of a long poem.






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






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






26. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






27. 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.






28. The perspective from which a story is told.






29. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






30. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






31. The telling of a story.






32. The study of the orgin of words






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






34. 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






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






36. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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






40. 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 -






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






42. 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.






43. An extended fictional prose narrative.






44. The study of the structure of sentences.






45. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






46. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






47. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






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






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






50. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms







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