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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






2. 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






3. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






4. 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






5. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






6. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






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






8. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






9. The time and place in which a story occurs.






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






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






12. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






14. 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.






15. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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20. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






21. 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.






22. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






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






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






25. A person or being in a narrative






26. 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






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






28. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






30. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.






31. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






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






33. 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 .






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






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






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. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






41. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.






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






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






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






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






47. Persuasive writing.






48. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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