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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






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






3. 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.






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5. 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.






6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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.'






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






10. The study of the structure of words.






11. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






12. The study of the orgin of words






13. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






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23. 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






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






25. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






27. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






28. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






38. 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.






39. 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 .






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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






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






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






48. The telling of a story.






49. 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






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