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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






2. 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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






12. A contradictory statement that makes sense






13. The writer says one thing and means another






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






15. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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17. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






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






21. 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.'






22. 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.






23. 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 .






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






34. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






42. The main section of a long poem.






43. 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.






44. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






46. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






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






48. A person or being in a narrative






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






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