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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






8. A humorous verse form of five anapestic (Composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented) lines with rhyme scheme of aabba.






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.






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16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. Persuasive writing.






23. 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.






24. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






25. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.






26. 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






27. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






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






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






31. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






33. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.






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






35. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






37. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. The study of the meaning in language.






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






48. The study of the structure of words.






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






50. The perspective from which a story is told.







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