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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






5. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






7. A socially accepted word or phrase used to replace unacceptable language - such as expressions for bodily functions or body parts. Also used as substitutes for straightforward words to tactfully conceal or falsify meaning. Ex. My grandmother passed a






8. 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.






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






10. The telling of a story.






11. 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.'






12. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






14. 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






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16. A type of Japanese poem that is written in 17 syllables with three lines of five - seven - and five syllables - respectively. Expresses a single thought.






17. 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






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






19. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






20. 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 -






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






22. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






34. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. The writer says one thing and means another






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






46. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






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






49. 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.






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







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