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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






2. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. The writer says one thing and means another






9. The perspective from which a story is told.






10. 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






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






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






13. 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.






14. The study of the structure of words.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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25. 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






26. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.






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






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






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






30. 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 .






31. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






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






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






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






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






36. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






46. A person or being in a narrative






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






48. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






49. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






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