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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'
Denotation
Dactylic
Metaphor
Participle
2. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Tragedy
Limerick
Antagonist
Allegory
3. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels
Connosance
Character
First Person
verbal irony
4. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
situation irony
Meter
Limited omniscient
Transcendentalism
5. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
Antagonist
Assonance
Fairy Tale
Free verse
6. 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.
situation irony
Transcendentalism
Romance
Adjective
7. 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.
Autobiography
Flashback
Holistic Scoring
Hyperbole
8. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Connotation
Meter
Biography
Double speak
9. The study of the structure of sentences.
Anapestic Meter
Free verse
Holistic Scoring
Syntax
10. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Parody
Narration
Jargon (diction)
Conflict
11. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
Antagonist
Aphorism
Morphology
Phonology
12. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Colloquialisms (diction)
Internal rhyme
Personification
Cliche
13. ' U U
Dialect (diction)
Cliche
Dactylic
Malapropism
14. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Plot
Sonnet
Jargon (diction)
Archaic (diction)
15. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Novella
Holistic Scoring
Limerick
Foreshadowing
16. The study of the meaning in language.
Anapestic
Conflict
Semantics
Repetition
17. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Refrain
Ambiguity
Enjambment
Hubris
18. 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.
Clause
Blank verse
Voice
Camera view
19. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Malapropism
Camera view
Style
Tragedy
20. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Narrative Point of View
Novel
Onomatopoeia
Romance
21. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Fantasy
Anecdote
Connosance
Phrase
22. The main character or hero of a written work.
Protagonist
Conjunction
End rhyme
Phonology
23. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Connosance
4 sentence types
Clause
Hyperbole
24. The writer says one thing and means another
Phonology
verbal irony
Foot
Free verse
25. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Denotation
Ballad
Limited omniscient
Allegory
26. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Adverb
Adjective
Caesura
Meter
27. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Internal rhyme
Canto
Article
Setting
28. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Setting
Ballad
Article
Repetition
29. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).
Adverb
Mystery
4 sentence types
Cliche
30. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Hubris
Clause
Short story
Transcendentalism
31. 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.
Alliteration
Science fiction
Double speak
Novel
32. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Moral
Metaphor
Conflict
Protagonist
33. The perspective from which a story is told.
Jargon (diction)
Assonance
Aphorism
Point of View
34. 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
Allegory
Legend
Point of View
Fairy Tale
35. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Connosance
Existentialism
Iambic (foot)
Dialect
36. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Flashback
Verse
Omniscient
Science fiction
37. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Genre
Biography
Holistic Scoring
Oxymoron
38. A person or being in a narrative
Hyperbole
Holistic Scoring
Stanza
Character
39. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Denotation
Diction
Paradox
Couplet
40. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Double speak
Novella
Elegy
Apostrophe
41. 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
Foreshadowing
Phonetics
Pragmatics
Western
42. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Anapestic Meter
Dialect
Setting
Camera view
43. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
Irony
Free verse
Western
Alliteration
44. 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.
Flashback
Pronoun
Refrain
End rhyme
45. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Voice
Iambic (foot)
Oxymoron
Tragedy
46. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Free verse
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Essay
Autobiography
47. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Allusion
Jargon
Participle
Foot
48. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
Refrain
Setting
Omniscient
Dialect
49. 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
Apostrophe
Meter
Setting
Flashback
50. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Narrative Point of View
Fable
Style
Morphology