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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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.






14. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






15. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






16. 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.






17. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






19. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






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






35. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






42. 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.






43. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.







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