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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






3. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






10. 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 -






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






12. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






14. A person's account of his or hew own life.






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






16. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






18. 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.






19. U U '






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. The study of the orgin of words






25. 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.






26. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. The telling of a story.






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






34. The study of the structure of words.






35. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






37. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






38. ' U U






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






40. 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.






41. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






42. 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.






43. Persuasive writing.






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






45. 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






46. The writer says one thing and means another






47. 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.






48. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).






49. 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






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







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