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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






4. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






6. A contradictory statement that makes sense






7. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






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






10. A humorous verse form of five anapestic (Composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented) lines with rhyme scheme of aabba.






11. 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.






12. The main section of a long poem.






13. 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.






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






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






16. The study of the meaning in language.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. A narrative that is made up of fantastic characters and creatures - such as witches - goblins - and fairies - and usually begins with the phrase 'Once upon a time...' Examples include Rapunzel - Cinderella - Sleeping Beauty - and Little Red Riding Ho






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






29. The perspective from which a story is told.






30. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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 -






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Persuasive writing.






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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