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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






7. 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.






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






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






11. 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






12. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






14. A person or being in a narrative






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






16. 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.'






17. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






18. 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.






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






20. A break in the rhythm of language - particularly a natural pause in a in a line of verse - maked in prosody by a double vertical line ( || ). Ex. Arma virumque cano - || Troiae qui primus ab oris .






21. The study of the structure of sentences.






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






31. 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.






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33. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.






34. The study of the structure of words.






35. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






44. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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