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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






10. The study of the meaning in language.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






17. 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.'






18. 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.






19. Persuasive writing.






20. 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






21. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






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






24. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






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






26. 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






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






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






29. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






30. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






31. 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 -






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






37. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






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






39. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






40. ' U






41. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






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






48. The study of the structure of sentences.






49. 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.






50. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.