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






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






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






4. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






5. 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






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






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






8. The study of the orgin of words






9. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






11. 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.






12. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






13. 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






14. The study of the meaning in language.






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






16. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. The study of the structure of words.






23. 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






24. The study of the structure of sentences.






25. Persuasive writing.






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






27. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






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30. 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






31. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






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






33. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






35. 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






36. The main character or hero of a written work.






37. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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