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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Myth
Flashback
Mystery
Anecdote
2. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Epic
Repetition
Trochaic (foot)
Symbol
3. 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
Irony
Refrain
Analogy
Frame tale
4. 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.
dramatic irony
First Person
Adjective
Dactylic
5. 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
Lyric
Foot
Preposition
Alliteration
6. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.
Narrative Point of View
Assonance
End rhyme
Connosance
7. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
Parody
Diction
Fantasy
Anecdote
8. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Plot
Couplet
Myth
Anapestic Meter
9. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Dialect
Horror
Enjambment
Assonance
10. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Allegory
Assonance
Anecdote
Characterization
11. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Historical fiction
Aphorism
Pragmatics
Protagonist
12. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Anecdote
Limited omniscient
Omniscient
Fable
13. ' U U
Assonance
Adjective
Mood
Dactylic
14. 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
Apostrophe
Fantasy
Ballad
Character
15. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Biography
Onomatopoeia
Rhetoric
Verse
16. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Apostrophe
Conflict
Verse
Fairy Tale
17. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Legend
First Person
Essay
Irony
18. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Cliche
Slang (diction)
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Parody
19. 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.
situation irony
Clause
Conjunction
Science fiction
20. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Holistic Scoring
Characterization
Noun
Canto
21. 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.
Syntax
Preposition
Denouement
Limerick
22. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Archaic (diction)
Simile
situation irony
Elegy
23. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Legend
Camera view
Moral
Imagery
24. 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.
Stanza
Fairy Tale
Mystery
Allegory
25. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Malapropism
Pronoun
Parody
Hyperbole
26. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Connosance
Couplet
Clause
Narrative Point of View
27. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Aphorism
Setting
Denotation
Analogy
28. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Hyperbole
Blank verse
dramatic irony
Plot
29. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Archaic (diction)
Verb
Preposition
Oxymoron
30. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Antagonist
Denouement
Short story
Participle
31. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Characterization
Allusion
Folktale
Internal rhyme
32. 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
Legend
Hubris
Existentialism
Cliche
33. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Parody
Symbol
Heroic couplet
Blank verse
34. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Euphemism
Plot
Style
Jargon (diction)
35. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Aphorism
Plot
dramatic irony
Vulgarity
36. The study of the meaning in language.
Epic
Fairy Tale
Semantics
Assonance
37. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Characterization
Dactylic
Haiku
Antagonist
38. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Meter
Denotation
Genre
Pronoun
39. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Irony
Ballad
Oxymoron
Document (letter - diary - journal)
40. 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
Euphemism
Sonnet
Jargon
Document (letter - diary - journal)
41. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Tragedy
Trochaic (foot)
Frame tale
Mystery
42. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Novel
Phonetics
Legend
Romance
43. Meter that is composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented - usually used in light or whimsical poetry - such as limerick.
Setting
Haiku
Anapestic Meter
etymology
44. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels
Connosance
Caesura
Euphemism
Romance
45. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.
Internal rhyme
Hyperbole
Rhythm
Fairy Tale
46. 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
Analogy
Sonnet
Rhythm
Character
47. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
Phonology
Setting
Adjective
Adverb
48. 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.
Irony
Protagonist
Morphology
Historical fiction
49. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Denouement
Hubris
Rhythm
Adjective
50. The study of the structure of sentences.
Syntax
Blank verse
Irony
Autobiography