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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






2. 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






3. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






4. 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






5. 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






6. The study of the structure of words.






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






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






9. 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






10. A person or being in a narrative






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






18. 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.






19. 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 .






20. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






21. 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.






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






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






24. The telling of a story.






25. 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.






26. 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 -






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






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






29. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






30. 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.'






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






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






33. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






35. The perspective from which a story is told.






36. 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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






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






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