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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






2. A person or being in a narrative






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






14. 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.






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






16. The study of the structure of words.






17. 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 .






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






26. A word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. The lazy dog sat on the rug - the word lazy is an ____ which gives more information about the noun dog.






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






28. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






29. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






31. 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.






32. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






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






41. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl






42. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






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44. 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






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






46. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.






47. 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.'






48. 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






49. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






50. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.