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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






2. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






3. The telling of a story.






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5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






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






25. An extended fictional prose narrative.






26. 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.






27. A contradictory statement that makes sense






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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.'






35. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






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






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






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






39. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






41. The study of the orgin of words






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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