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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. The main section of a long poem.






6. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






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






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






9. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






19. 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






20. Persuasive writing.






21. 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 .






22. 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






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






24. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






25. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






27. 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.






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29. 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.






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






31. 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






32. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






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






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






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






36. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






37. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.






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






39. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






42. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






45. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






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






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






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






49. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.






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