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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






4. A novel set in the western U.S. featuring the experiences of cowboys and frontiersmen. Examples include Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage and Trail Driver - Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove - Conrad Richter's The Sea of Grass - Fran Striker's The Lo






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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






13. Persuasive writing.






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






15. 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.






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






17. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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






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






28. The telling of a story.






29. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






30. 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.






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






32. A contradictory statement that makes sense






33. The perspective from which a story is told.






34. 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.






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






36. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






37. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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 brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






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






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






43. The narrator records the actions from his or her point of view - unaware of any of the other characters' thoughts or feelings. Also known as the objective view.






44. 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.






45. A socially accepted word or phrase used to replace unacceptable language - such as expressions for bodily functions or body parts. Also used as substitutes for straightforward words to tactfully conceal or falsify meaning. Ex. My grandmother passed a






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






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






48. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






49. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






50. 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.