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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






3. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






10. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






20. 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






21. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






22. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






23. The main section of a long poem.






24. 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






25. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






26. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






29. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






31. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






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






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






34. A person or being in a narrative






35. An extended fictional prose narrative.






36. The telling of a story.






37. 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.






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






39. A word which can be used instead of a noun. Ex instead of saying John is a student - the ____ he can be used in place of the noun John and the sentence becomes He is a student.






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. The study of the meaning in language.






50. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.