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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






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






3. 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.






4. 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






5. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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






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






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






16. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






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






18. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






19. 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






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






21. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. The perspective from which a story is told.






27. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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.'






33. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






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






35. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






36. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl






37. 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.






38. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






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






40. The study of the structure of words.






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






42. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






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






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






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






46. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






47. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






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






49. 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






50. 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 .