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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels






2. 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






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






4. 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.'






5. The study of the meaning in language.






6. 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






7. 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.






8. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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.






16. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






17. 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






18. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.






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






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






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






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






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






25. The main section of a long poem.






26. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






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






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






29. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






34. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. The story is told by someone outside the story.






44. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






45. 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






46. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






47. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






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






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






50. 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







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