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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

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1. The main section of a long poem.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






10. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






13. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






14. The study of the orgin of words






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






16. 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.






17. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






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






19. An extended fictional prose narrative.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. A wise saying - usually short and written.






26. 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.






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






28. 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






29. Persuasive writing.






30. 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 .






31. The study of the structure of sentences.






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






36. The study of the structure of words.






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






42. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






43. 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






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






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






47. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






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






49. 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






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