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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






2. A word that gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. Sue runs very fast - very describes the ____ fast and gives information about how fast Sue runs.






3. The study of the structure of sentences.






4. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






5. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






13. 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






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






15. 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 -






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






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






28. Narrative fiction that involves gods and heroes or has a theme that expresses a culture's ideology. Examples of Greek ______ include Zeus and the Olympians and The Trojan War. Roman ______ include Hercules - Apollo - and Venus.






29. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






30. An extended fictional prose narrative.






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






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






36. The telling of a story.






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






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






48. The writer says one thing and means another






49. The study of the structure of words.






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