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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






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






3. 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.






4. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






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






7. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






8. 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






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






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






11. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.






12. 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






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






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






15. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.






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






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






18. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






19. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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






30. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






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






32. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






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42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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