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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






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






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






4. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. A contradictory statement that makes sense






12. 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 .






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






14. An extended fictional prose narrative.






15. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






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






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






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






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






20. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






22. Meter that is composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented - usually used in light or whimsical poetry - such as limerick.






23. 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.'






24. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






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






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






28. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






29. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






30. 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.






31. The study of the orgin of words






32. 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






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






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






35. A suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






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






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38. 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 -






39. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym






46. 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






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. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






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






50. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.