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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






2. The study of the structure of sentences.






3. 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






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






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






6. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






7. 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






8. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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






13. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. The writer says one thing and means another






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






25. 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






26. A word that connects other words or groups of words. Ex. In the sentence Bob and Dan are friends - the _____ 'and' connects two nouns and in the sentence.






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






28. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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 .






40. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






42. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. A person or being in a narrative







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