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






3. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






5. 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






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






7. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






8. 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






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






10. A contradictory statement that makes sense






11. 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.






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






13. A wise saying - usually short and written.






14. 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.






15. 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






16. 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.






17. The main section of a long poem.






18. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






21. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






22. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






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






25. 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.






26. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






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






28. 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






29. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






30. U U '






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






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






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






34. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.






35. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






36. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






38. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






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






40. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






41. 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






42. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






43. 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.






44. Persuasive writing.






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






46. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






48. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






49. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






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







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