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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






2. A fourteen - line poem - usually written in iambic pentameter - with a varied rhyme scheme. Two main types are Petrarchan (or Italian) and the Shakespearean (or English). A Petrarchan opens with an octave that states a proposition and ends with a ses






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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






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






8. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






10. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym






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






12. During the mid -19th century in New England - several writers and intellectuals worked together to write - translate works - and publish. Their philosophy focused on protesting the Puritan ethic and materialism. They valued individualism - freedom -






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






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






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






16. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






17. A novel set in the western U.S. featuring the experiences of cowboys and frontiersmen. Examples include Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage and Trail Driver - Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove - Conrad Richter's The Sea of Grass - Fran Striker's The Lo






18. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






19. 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.






20. 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






21. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






27. A person or being in a narrative






28. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






29. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






30. The telling of a story.






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






32. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






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






36. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






39. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






40. The study of the structure of words.






41. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






44. U U '






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






46. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.






47. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






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






50. 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.