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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






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






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






4. A poem that is a mournful lament for the dead. Examples include William Shakespeare's 'Eligy' from Cymbeline - Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Requiem -' and Alfred Lord Tennysone's 'In Memoriam.'






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






6. 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.






7. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






9. A contradictory statement that makes sense






10. 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 -






11. A word that connects other words or groups of words. Ex. In the sentence Bob and Dan are friends - the _____ 'and' connects two nouns and in the sentence.






12. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






14. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath






19. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect - as in I could sleep for a year or this book weighs a ton.






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






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






22. A break in the rhythm of language - particularly a natural pause in a in a line of verse - maked in prosody by a double vertical line ( || ). Ex. Arma virumque cano - || Troiae qui primus ab oris .






23. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






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






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






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






27. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






28. 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.






29. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






30. A narrative technique in which the main story is composed primarily for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories - each of which is a story within a story. Examples include Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Ovid's Metamorphoses - and Em






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






39. 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.






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






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42. The study of the meaning in language.






43. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. A wise saying - usually short and written.






47. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






48. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.






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






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