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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






3. The writer says one thing and means another






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






5. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






7. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






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






9. 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






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






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






12. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






13. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. During the mid -19th century in New England - several writers and intellectuals worked together to write - translate works - and publish. Their philosophy focused on protesting the Puritan ethic and materialism. They valued individualism - freedom -






21. A contradictory statement that makes sense






22. The study of the structure of words.






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






24. ' U U






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






26. 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.






27. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






28. 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






29. The study of the orgin of words






30. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






31. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






32. ' U






33. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






34. The telling of a story.






35. 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






36. 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.






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






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






39. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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







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