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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A person's account of his or hew own life.






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






3. 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.'






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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






8. The telling of a story.






9. 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.






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






20. The study of the structure of words.






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






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






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






24. 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






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






27. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






28. 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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. The main section of a long poem.






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






35. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






36. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.






37. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






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






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






40. The study of the orgin of words






41. 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.






42. 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






43. A short story or folktale that contains a moral - which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. Examples include The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse - The Tortoise and the Hare - and The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.






44. 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.






45. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






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






49. 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






50. A person or being in a narrative







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