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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






10. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






11. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






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






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






14. The telling of a story.






15. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






16. 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.






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






18. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






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






20. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






21. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.






22. 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.






23. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






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






25. 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.






26. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






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






30. A suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






31. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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37. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






38. 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 .






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning. There are three types....Dramatic - Verbal - Situation.






48. 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






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






50. A person or being in a narrative