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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






2. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






3. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






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






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






6. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






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






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






10. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






11. 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 .






12. 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.






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






18. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






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






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






22. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






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






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






25. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.






26. 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.






27. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






28. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






30. 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






31. The perspective from which a story is told.






32. The main section of a long poem.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. The study of the meaning in language.






42. A wise saying - usually short and written.






43. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






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






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






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






47. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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. Persuasive writing.