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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A narrative technique in which the main story is composed primarily for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories - each of which is a story within a story. Examples include Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Ovid's Metamorphoses - and Em






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






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






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






7. 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 -






8. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.






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






10. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






11. 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.






12. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






14. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






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






21. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






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






23. 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.






24. A story about a person's life written by another person.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






28. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






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






30. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






31. 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






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






33. The main section of a long poem.






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






41. 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






42. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






43. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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