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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






10. A narrative about human actions that is perceived by both the teller and the listeners to have taken place within human history and that possesses certain qualities that give the tale the appearance of truth or reality. Washington Irvin's The Legend






11. 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






12. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






13. Persuasive writing.






14. The study of the orgin of words






15. 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






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






18. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. The main section of a long poem.






24. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






29. The telling of a story.






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






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






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






33. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






34. A genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot - theme - and/or setting. Examples include J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia - and William Morris' The Well at the World's E






35. 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.






36. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






37. 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






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.






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






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






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






42. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






44. The writer says one thing and means another






45. 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.






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






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






48. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






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