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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






2. The study of the structure of sentences.






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4. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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






11. A suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






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






13. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.






14. 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.'






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






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






17. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another






18. A narrative technique in which the main story is composed primarily for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories - each of which is a story within a story. Examples include Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Ovid's Metamorphoses - and Em






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






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






21. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. A word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. The lazy dog sat on the rug - the word lazy is an ____ which gives more information about the noun dog.






27. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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






36. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






47. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






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






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