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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






2. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






5. 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






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






7. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






10. A person or being in a narrative






11. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






12. A person's account of his or hew own life.






13. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






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






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






16. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






18. 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






19. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






21. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






22. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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 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.






25. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






26. 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






27. The study of the structure of words.






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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 .






39. 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






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






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






42. A contradictory statement that makes sense






43. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.






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






45. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






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






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.'






49. 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.






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