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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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1. 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
Phonetics
Hyperbole
Folktale
Plot
2. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Short story
Essay
3. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
Dialect
Setting
Phonetics
situation irony
4. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Biography
Narrative Point of View
Euphemism
Epic
5. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Slang (diction)
Aphorism
Connotation
Epic
6. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Existentialism
Repetition
Conflict
Setting
7. The perspective from which a story is told.
Point of View
Free verse
Malapropism
Cliche
8. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.
Euphemism
Ballad
Third Person
Voice
9. The main character or hero of a written work.
Mood
Oxymoron
Protagonist
Anapestic Meter
10. 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.
Symbol
Assonance
Conjunction
Dialect (diction)
11. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
dramatic irony
Ambiguity
Limited omniscient
Dactylic
12. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Clause
Hubris
Paradox
Trochaic (foot)
13. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Novella
Verse
Hyperbole
Antagonist
14. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Repetition
Historical fiction
Protagonist
Adjective
15. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Phrase
Essay
Iambic (foot)
Slang (diction)
16. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Camera view
Colloquialisms (diction)
Malapropism
Paradox
17. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
Phonology
Rhythm
Jargon
Free verse
18. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Ballad
Character
Autobiography
Limited omniscient
19. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Setting
Participle
Narrative Point of View
Anapestic
20. 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
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Fantasy
Mood
Enjambment
21. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Jargon (diction)
Epic
Simile
Foot
22. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Colloquialisms (diction)
Article
Phrase
Participle
23. 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
Sonnet
Meter
Dialect
Pragmatics
24. 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.
verbal irony
Oxymoron
Horror
Moral
25. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Adverb
First Person
Double speak
Ballad
26. ' U
Conflict
Trochaic (foot)
Semantics
Satire
27. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Novella
Ambiguity
Clause
Couplet
28. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Narration
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Novella
Flashback
29. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Analogy
Profanity (diction)
Anapestic Meter
Elegy
30. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Parody
Phonetics
Anapestic
Voice
31. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Voice
Noun
Horror
Phonetics
32. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Historical fiction
Characterization
Voice
etymology
33. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Conjunction
Simile
Mystery
Trochaic (foot)
34. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Personification
Narrative Point of View
Preposition
Repetition
35. ' U U
Dactylic
Short story
Narrative Point of View
Cliche
36. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Denouement
Phonology
Onomatopoeia
Point of View
37. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Character
Antagonist
Preposition
Document (letter - diary - journal)
38. 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
Third Person
Foot
Historical fiction
Fairy Tale
39. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Onomatopoeia
Apostrophe
Enjambment
Flashback
40. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Paradox
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
41. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
First Person
Hyperbole
Omniscient
Repetition
42. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Elegy
Paradox
Metaphor
Meter
43. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Setting
Epic
Symbol
Connotation
44. 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.
Pragmatics
Dialect
Romance
Existentialism
45. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Colloquialisms (diction)
Rhetoric
Fantasy
Refrain
46. A person or being in a narrative
Elegy
Character
Metaphor
Connotation
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.
Onomatopoeia
Existentialism
Repetition
Haiku
48. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Pronoun
Short story
Internal rhyme
Style
49. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Flashback
Novella
Personification
Heroic couplet
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Alliteration
Jargon
Fable
Anapestic
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