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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






7. The study of the structure of words.






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






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






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






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






13. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. During the mid -19th century in New England - several writers and intellectuals worked together to write - translate works - and publish. Their philosophy focused on protesting the Puritan ethic and materialism. They valued individualism - freedom -






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






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






23. 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






24. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.






25. 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.






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. The study of the structure of sentences.






34. 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.






35. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






36. 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.'






37. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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41. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Persuasive writing.






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






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






49. The study of the orgin of words






50. 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