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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






7. An extended fictional prose narrative.






8. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






10. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






12. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.






20. 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






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






23. 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.






24. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






26. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. A novel set in the western U.S. featuring the experiences of cowboys and frontiersmen. Examples include Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage and Trail Driver - Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove - Conrad Richter's The Sea of Grass - Fran Striker's The Lo






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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






37. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






38. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






39. The study of the meaning in language.






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






41. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






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43. The study of the structure of words.






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






45. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






46. 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.






47. A contradictory statement that makes sense






48. 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






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






50. 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.