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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






2. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.






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






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






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






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






16. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






18. The study of the structure of sentences.






19. 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.






20. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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 -






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






29. An extended fictional prose narrative.






30. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






32. A short story or folktale that contains a moral - which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. Examples include The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse - The Tortoise and the Hare - and The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.






33. 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.






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






35. Persuasive writing.






36. The telling of a story.






37. The writer says one thing and means another






38. 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.






39. 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.'






40. The main section of a long poem.






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






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