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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






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






3. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






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






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






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






8. 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 .






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






10. A narrative form - such as an epic - legend - myth - song - poem - or fable - that has been retold within a culture for generations. Examples include The People Couldn't Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and And Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Sch






11. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect - as in I could sleep for a year or this book weighs a ton.






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






13. The main section of a long poem.






14. 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






15. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






16. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






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






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






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






22. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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34. The writer says one thing and means another






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






36. The study of the structure of words.






37. A person or being in a narrative






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. The story is told from the point of view of one character.






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






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






45. A narrative technique in which the main story is composed primarily for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories - each of which is a story within a story. Examples include Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Ovid's Metamorphoses - and Em






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






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






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






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






50. 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