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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym






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






3. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






9. 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






10. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






11. 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 -






12. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






13. The perspective from which a story is told.






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15. 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.






16. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






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






18. The time and place in which a story occurs.






19. A word that gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. Sue runs very fast - very describes the ____ fast and gives information about how fast Sue runs.






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






24. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






25. The writer says one thing and means another






26. 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






27. 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.






28. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. The telling of a story.






36. The study of the structure of sentences.






37. The study of the meaning in language.






38. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






39. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






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






41. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.






42. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






44. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






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






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






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






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