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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






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. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






24. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






25. 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.






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






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






28. The main section of a long poem.






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






30. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






31. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






32. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






33. The perspective from which a story is told.






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. 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 .






38. The study of the orgin of words






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






40. Persuasive writing.






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.






48. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).






49. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






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