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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






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






3. A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains...Couplet: Two - lines - Triplet: Three - lines - Quatrain: Four - lines - Quintet: Five - lines - Sestet: Six- lines - Septet: Seven - lines - Octave: Eight - lines.






4. The study of the meaning in language.






5. 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.






6. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






7. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






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






10. A contradictory statement that makes sense






11. 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.






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






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






14. The study of the orgin of words






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






24. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath






25. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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33. 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.'






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






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






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






37. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






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






39. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






40. 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.






41. The telling of a story.






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






43. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






44. 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






45. 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.






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. 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.






48. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






49. The main section of a long poem.






50. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.