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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






3. The study of the orgin of words






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






5. The writer says one thing and means another






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.






12. Persuasive writing.






13. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. 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.'






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






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






20. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






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






22. The study of the structure of sentences.






23. Narrative fiction that involves gods and heroes or has a theme that expresses a culture's ideology. Examples of Greek ______ include Zeus and the Olympians and The Trojan War. Roman ______ include Hercules - Apollo - and Venus.






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. 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 .






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






32. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath






33. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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35. 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






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






37. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






38. 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






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






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






41. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






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






43. 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 -






44. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect - as in I could sleep for a year or this book weighs a ton.






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






46. The study of the meaning in language.






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






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






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






50. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.