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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






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






3. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






4. The study of the meaning in language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons (or a personified abstraction) who is present of absent. For example - in a recent performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet - Hamlet turned to the audience and spoke directly to one w






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






16. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






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






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






19. A wise saying - usually short and written.






20. 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 -






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. A person or being in a narrative






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






32. 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.






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






34. The study of the orgin of words






35. 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.'






36. The writer says one thing and means another






37. 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






38. The study of the structure of words.






39. 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.






40. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






41. The study of the structure of sentences.






42. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






43. 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 .






44. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath






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






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






47. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






48. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






49. 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






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