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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






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






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






6. A person or being in a narrative






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






8. The writer says one thing and means another






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






13. 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.






14. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






23. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






26. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






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






28. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






29. 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






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






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






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33. A wise saying - usually short and written.






34. 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.






35. The time and place in which a story occurs.






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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. The study of the meaning in language.






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.