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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






2. ' U






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






4. A wise saying - usually short and written.






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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 main character or hero of a written work.






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






11. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






13. The main section of a long poem.






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






15. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






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






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






23. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






25. Narrative fiction that involves gods and heroes or has a theme that expresses a culture's ideology. Examples of Greek ______ include Zeus and the Olympians and The Trojan War. Roman ______ include Hercules - Apollo - and Venus.






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






27. 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






28. The study of the structure of words.






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






30. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






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






32. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






35. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






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






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






38. 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






39. A contradictory statement that makes sense






40. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






41. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






48. 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.'






49. 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






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