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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The study of the structure of sentences.
Syntax
Adjective
Hyperbole
Slang (diction)
2. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
Plot
Stanza
Alliteration
Adverb
3. A narrative about human actions that is perceived by both the teller and the listeners to have taken place within human history and that possesses certain qualities that give the tale the appearance of truth or reality. Washington Irvin's The Legend
Legend
Colloquialisms (diction)
Ambiguity
etymology
4. A person or being in a narrative
Romance
Anapestic Meter
Character
Malapropism
5. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.
Anapestic Meter
Verb
Setting
Verse
6. The telling of a story.
Narration
Repetition
Sonnet
Satire
7. 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.
Style
Participle
Myth
Existentialism
8. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Satire
Analogy
Ballad
Anapestic Meter
9. U '
Slang (diction)
Onomatopoeia
Foreshadowing
Iambic (foot)
10. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Blank verse
Jargon (diction)
Aphorism
Clause
11. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Repetition
Denouement
Haiku
Alliteration
12. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.
etymology
Ambiguity
Voice
Conflict
13. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Foreshadowing
Camera view
Phonetics
Metaphor
14. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Fairy Tale
Horror
Jargon (diction)
Science fiction
15. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Connosance
Tragedy
Conflict
Omniscient
16. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Tone
Novel
Metaphor
Aphorism
17. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
verbal irony
Lyric
Foreshadowing
Mystery
18. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.
Flashback
Phrase
Mood
Stanza
19. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Historical fiction
Caesura
Narration
Double speak
20. 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
Adverb
Free verse
Enjambment
Onomatopoeia
21. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Simile
Hubris
Jargon (diction)
Mood
22. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Anecdote
Oxymoron
Dialect
Autobiography
23. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Limerick
Malapropism
Jargon
Analogy
24. 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
Limerick
Euphemism
Antagonist
Ambiguity
25. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Blank verse
Anecdote
Existentialism
Style
26. 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
Personification
Fable
Western
Narration
27. 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
Short story
Foot
Holistic Scoring
Conflict
28. 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.
Novel
Stanza
Imagery
Verse
29. 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.
Holistic Scoring
Fable
Alliteration
Transcendentalism
30. The main section of a long poem.
Canto
Free verse
Myth
Romance
31. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Apostrophe
Caesura
End rhyme
Cliche
32. Persuasive writing.
Phonetics
Sonnet
Romance
Rhetoric
33. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Mood
Parody
Hubris
Point of View
34. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Iambic (foot)
Internal rhyme
Syntax
Satire
35. 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.
Fantasy
Voice
Adverb
Horror
36. 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 .
Science fiction
Conjunction
Limited omniscient
Caesura
37. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Meter
Pragmatics
First Person
Phonetics
38. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.
Participle
Vulgarity
Adverb
Protagonist
39. 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.
Denouement
First Person
Anapestic Meter
Conflict
40. The perspective from which a story is told.
Adjective
Euphemism
Narration
Point of View
41. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Frame tale
Adjective
Allegory
Dialect
42. 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
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Anapestic
Biography
Fable
43. 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.
Pronoun
Verse
Metaphor
Rhythm
44. 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.
Lyric
Adjective
Connosance
Short story
45. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Myth
Science fiction
Article
Rhetoric
46. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Sonnet
End rhyme
Malapropism
Onomatopoeia
47. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.
Dactylic
Denouement
Third Person
Euphemism
48. 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
Heroic couplet
Apostrophe
Antagonist
Analogy
49. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Connosance
Foot
Moral
Verse
50. 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
Frame tale
Character
Assonance
Fantasy