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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






7. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






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






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






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






11. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






13. The story is told from the point of view of one character.






14. 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






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






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






17. ' U






18. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






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. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






21. 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.






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. A person or being in a narrative






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






28. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






29. 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.






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






31. The study of the structure of words.






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






33. 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






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. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.






36. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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






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






47. The main section of a long poem.






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






49. 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






50. 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.







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