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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






3. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.'






14. A metrical ______ is defined as one stressed syllable and a number of unstressed syllables (from zero to as many as four). Stressed syllables are indicated by the ? symbol. Unstressed syllables are indicated by the ? symbol. There are four possible t






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






16. 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.






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






18. A contradictory statement that makes sense






19. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






20. The study of the structure of words.






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






22. 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.






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






24. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






26. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






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






29. The telling of a story.






30. A person or being in a narrative






31. 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






32. 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






33. A person's account of his or hew own life.






34. 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.






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






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






37. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






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.






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40. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






41. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Persuasive writing.






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






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






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






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