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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Flashback
Cliche
Satire
Hubris
2. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Setting
Allegory
Phonology
Refrain
3. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Denotation
Malapropism
Sonnet
verbal irony
4. The study of the structure of words.
Refrain
Morphology
Limited omniscient
Connosance
5. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Tone
Trochaic (foot)
Third Person
Preposition
6. 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
Oxymoron
Pronoun
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Lyric
7. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Diction
Third Person
Epic
Foreshadowing
8. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Slang (diction)
Tragedy
Semantics
Point of View
9. 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
Flashback
Clause
Western
Hubris
10. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Allegory
Novel
Metaphor
Plot
11. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.
Analogy
Narrative Point of View
Moral
Symbol
12. 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
Analogy
Repetition
Sonnet
Blank verse
13. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Folktale
Phrase
Mood
Point of View
14. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Meter
Science fiction
Malapropism
Dialect (diction)
15. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Setting
Oxymoron
Essay
Simile
16. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.
Hubris
Euphemism
Pragmatics
Colloquialisms (diction)
17. The writer says one thing and means another
Archaic (diction)
Metaphor
Denotation
verbal irony
18. The study of the structure of sentences.
Metaphor
Syntax
Assonance
situation irony
19. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Anecdote
Apostrophe
Science fiction
Sonnet
20. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Morphology
Autobiography
Couplet
4 sentence types
21. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Science fiction
Jargon (diction)
Dactylic
Meter
22. Persuasive writing.
Flashback
Setting
Rhetoric
Essay
23. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Verb
dramatic irony
Symbol
Narrative Point of View
24. A narrative form - such as an epic - legend - myth - song - poem - or fable - that has been retold within a culture for generations. Examples include The People Couldn't Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and And Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Sch
Article
Mood
verbal irony
Folktale
25. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Connotation
Imagery
Dialect
Couplet
26. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
Style
situation irony
Euphemism
Oxymoron
27. 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.
Anapestic
Clause
Preposition
Foreshadowing
28. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Jargon
Vulgarity
Setting
Narration
29. U '
Dialect
Verse
Iambic (foot)
Irony
30. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Point of View
Style
Article
Flashback
31. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Character
Jargon
Participle
Style
32. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Dactylic
Enjambment
Camera view
Denouement
33. 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.
Phrase
Science fiction
Dialect
Preposition
34. 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.
Tragedy
Haiku
Canto
Preposition
35. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
Metaphor
Folktale
Style
Diction
36. A humorous verse form of five anapestic (Composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented) lines with rhyme scheme of aabba.
Limerick
Foreshadowing
Fantasy
Adverb
37. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Onomatopoeia
Antagonist
Dactylic
Fairy Tale
38. 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.
Repetition
Apostrophe
Mystery
Verb
39. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Connosance
Narrative Point of View
40. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Phrase
Verb
Pronoun
Anecdote
41. 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.
Tragedy
Horror
Fable
Folktale
42. 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.
Dialect
Fantasy
Irony
Pragmatics
43. 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.
Pronoun
Symbol
Historical fiction
Jargon (diction)
44. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Conflict
Foot
Free verse
Anapestic
45. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Moral
Narrative Point of View
Clause
Short story
46. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Style
Aphorism
Blank verse
Essay
47. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
First Person
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Character
48. 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.'
Dialect
Connotation
Horror
Elegy
49. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Flashback
Parody
Couplet
Euphemism
50. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.
Phrase
Anapestic
Symbol
Profanity (diction)