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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






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






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4. The main section of a long poem.






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






6. An expository piece written with eloquence that becomes part of the recognized literature of an era. Often reveal historical facts - the social mores of the times - and the thoughts and personality of the author. Some have recorded and influenced the






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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 -






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






17. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






19. 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






20. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






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






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






23. The study of the structure of words.






24. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






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






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






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






29. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






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






32. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.






33. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






39. A person or being in a narrative






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






49. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






50. 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