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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






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






3. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






6. 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.






7. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.






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






9. 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






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






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






12. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






13. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






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






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






16. 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 -






17. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






19. 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.'






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






21. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






37. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






38. 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






39. 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 .






40. Persuasive writing.






41. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






48. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






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