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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






2. 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.






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






4. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






10. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






11. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






14. Persuasive writing.






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






19. An extended fictional prose narrative.






20. 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 .






21. The writer says one thing and means another






22. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






28. 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.






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






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






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






33. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






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






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






36. A wise saying - usually short and written.






37. The study of the meaning in language.






38. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






39. A genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot - theme - and/or setting. Examples include J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia - and William Morris' The Well at the World's E






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






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






42. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. The main section of a long poem.