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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






2. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






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






5. 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.






6. The study of the structure of words.






7. 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.






8. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






10. 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.






11. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






13. The study of the orgin of words






14. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






15. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






18. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






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






20. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.






21. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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 genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot - theme - and/or setting. Examples include J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia - and William Morris' The Well at the World's E






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






26. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






28. 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.






29. The story is told by someone outside the story.






30. 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.






31. ' U U






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






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






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






35. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.






36. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






37. The perspective from which a story is told.






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. 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