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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






2. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.






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






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






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






6. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






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






8. The writer says one thing and means another






9. 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.






10. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






21. 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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another






35. 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






36. The telling of a story.






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






38. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






39. 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.






40. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






41. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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






46. A break in the rhythm of language - particularly a natural pause in a in a line of verse - maked in prosody by a double vertical line ( || ). Ex. Arma virumque cano - || Troiae qui primus ab oris .






47. 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






48. A short story or folktale that contains a moral - which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. Examples include The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse - The Tortoise and the Hare - and The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.






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






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