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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. A contradictory statement that makes sense






3. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






4. A story about a person's life written by another person.






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






6. An expository piece written with eloquence that becomes part of the recognized literature of an era. Often reveal historical facts - the social mores of the times - and the thoughts and personality of the author. Some have recorded and influenced the






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






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






9. The study of the orgin of words






10. The study of the meaning in language.






11. 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






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






13. The time and place in which a story occurs.






14. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






31. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






32. 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.






33. A word that connects other words or groups of words. Ex. In the sentence Bob and Dan are friends - the _____ 'and' connects two nouns and in the sentence.






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






35. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






37. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






39. The perspective from which a story is told.






40. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels






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






42. 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.






43. A word that gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. Sue runs very fast - very describes the ____ fast and gives information about how fast Sue runs.






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






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






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.






47. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






49. 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.






50. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.