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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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1. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Existentialism
Voice
Denotation
Refrain
2. The study of the structure of sentences.
Jargon (diction)
Mood
Diction
Syntax
3. U '
Elegy
Iambic (foot)
Euphemism
Semantics
4. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Enjambment
Antagonist
Morphology
Verb
5. 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
Oxymoron
Assonance
Profanity (diction)
Foot
6. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Dialect
Apostrophe
Essay
Setting
7. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Heroic couplet
Ambiguity
Anapestic Meter
Anapestic
8. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Ambiguity
Caesura
etymology
Tragedy
9. 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.
Narrative Point of View
Conjunction
Camera view
Slang (diction)
10. A turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons (or a personified abstraction) who is present of absent. For example - in a recent performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet - Hamlet turned to the audience and spoke directly to one w
Oxymoron
Apostrophe
Dialect
Transcendentalism
11. 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.
etymology
Mystery
Mood
Dactylic
12. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'
Setting
Metaphor
Participle
Phonetics
13. 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.
Holistic Scoring
Noun
Mystery
Adverb
14. 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.'
Allusion
Novella
Elegy
Noun
15. A story about a person's life written by another person.
Assonance
Legend
Hubris
Biography
16. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Clause
Dialect
Adjective
Setting
17. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Assonance
Anapestic
Voice
Repetition
18. 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
Frame tale
Camera view
Sonnet
Couplet
19. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Omniscient
Tragedy
etymology
Antagonist
20. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Allegory
Pragmatics
Tragedy
Euphemism
21. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Euphemism
Meter
Profanity (diction)
End rhyme
22. 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.
Haiku
Archaic (diction)
Metaphor
Denotation
23. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie
Noun
Biography
Syntax
Historical fiction
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.
Limerick
Setting
Rhythm
Irony
25. 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
Autobiography
Article
Omniscient
Fairy Tale
26. 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.
Clause
Adjective
Rhetoric
Vulgarity
27. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Phrase
Connotation
Pragmatics
Dialect
28. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Simile
Plot
dramatic irony
Phonology
29. 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
Slang (diction)
Blank verse
Mood
Western
30. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Simile
Foreshadowing
Mood
etymology
31. 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
Anapestic Meter
dramatic irony
Euphemism
Personification
32. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.
Diction
Ambiguity
Plot
Preposition
33. 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.
Hyperbole
Narration
Noun
Mystery
34. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.
Denouement
Science fiction
Colloquialisms (diction)
Voice
35. 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
Allegory
Free verse
Folktale
Dialect (diction)
36. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Hubris
Conflict
Heroic couplet
Symbol
37. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.
Elegy
Voice
Profanity (diction)
Refrain
38. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Double speak
Participle
Paradox
Simile
39. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Anapestic Meter
Setting
Setting
Denotation
40. 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.
Pronoun
Science fiction
Ambiguity
Oxymoron
41. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Romance
Ballad
Omniscient
Foreshadowing
42. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
Iambic (foot)
Haiku
Biography
Lyric
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.
Epic
Adverb
Allusion
Simile
44. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.
Vulgarity
Noun
Jargon (diction)
Character
45. 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.
Imagery
Fable
Euphemism
Legend
46. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).
4 sentence types
Noun
situation irony
Meter
47. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Analogy
Phrase
Internal rhyme
Blank verse
48. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Narrative Point of View
Phonetics
Dialect (diction)
Fantasy
49. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Legend
Protagonist
Plot
Rhetoric
50. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Verse
Legend
Hubris
Existentialism