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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym






10. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






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






12. A wise saying - usually short and written.






13. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.






14. 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.






15. A person or being in a narrative






16. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. 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






21. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






22. 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.






23. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).






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






25. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






26. A person's account of his or hew own life.






27. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






29. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. 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






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






35. The story is told by someone outside the story.






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






37. 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






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






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






41. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. A contradictory statement that makes sense