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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






7. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






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






9. 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.






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






12. The study of the orgin of words






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






42. A contradictory statement that makes sense






43. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






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






46. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






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






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