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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






2. 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






3. A poem that is a mournful lament for the dead. Examples include William Shakespeare's 'Eligy' from Cymbeline - Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Requiem -' and Alfred Lord Tennysone's 'In Memoriam.'






4. 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.






5. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






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






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






9. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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






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






13. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






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15. 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.






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






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






23. 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.






24. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.






25. The study of the structure of sentences.






26. 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.






27. 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






28. 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.






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






30. 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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32. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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 .






42. The study of the structure of words.






43. 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.






44. 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






45. The main section of a long poem.






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






47. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






49. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






50. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.







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