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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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 -






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






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






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






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






6. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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






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10. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






11. A contradictory statement that makes sense






12. 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.






13. The study of the structure of sentences.






14. 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






15. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






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






17. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






18. 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






19. 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.






20. 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






21. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






24. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






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






27. 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






28. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






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






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






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






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






34. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






35. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. A narrative about human actions that is perceived by both the teller and the listeners to have taken place within human history and that possesses certain qualities that give the tale the appearance of truth or reality. Washington Irvin's The Legend






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






47. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






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






49. 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






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