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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






2. 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






3. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






4. 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






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






6. The main section of a long poem.






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






8. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






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






12. The study of the orgin of words






13. 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






14. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






15. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.






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






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






18. The study of the meaning in language.






19. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. An expository piece written with eloquence that becomes part of the recognized literature of an era. Often reveal historical facts - the social mores of the times - and the thoughts and personality of the author. Some have recorded and influenced the






26. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






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






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






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






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






31. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






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






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






39. 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.






40. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






41. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






42. A person or being in a narrative






43. The study of the structure of words.






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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