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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The study of the structure of sentences.






11. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






16. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. A contradictory statement that makes sense






34. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






47. The main section of a long poem.






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






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






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