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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






2. 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.






3. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






12. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






13. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






14. A suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






15. 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






16. 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.






17. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






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






19. 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






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. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






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






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






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27. 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.






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






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






30. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. The writer says one thing and means another






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






45. 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






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






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






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






50. 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.