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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.'






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






3. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






5. 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






6. 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 .






7. Persuasive writing.






8. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






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






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






11. The study of the orgin of words






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






13. 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






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






15. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






16. The telling of a story.






17. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






18. 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.






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning. There are three types....Dramatic - Verbal - Situation.






26. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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






30. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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