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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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 -






2. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






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4. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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.






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






9. 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.






10. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






11. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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18. 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






19. 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.






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






21. The perspective from which a story is told.






22. Persuasive writing.






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






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






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32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. The study of the meaning in language.






39. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






40. 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






41. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.






42. A narrative about human actions that is perceived by both the teller and the listeners to have taken place within human history and that possesses certain qualities that give the tale the appearance of truth or reality. Washington Irvin's The Legend






43. A wise saying - usually short and written.






44. The study of the structure of words.






45. The telling of a story.






46. 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.






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 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.'






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






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