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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The study of the orgin of words
etymology
Conflict
Allusion
Novel
2. ' U
Anapestic Meter
Trochaic (foot)
Enjambment
Biography
3. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Style
Legend
Dactylic
4. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Dialect
Repetition
Preposition
Adjective
5. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Anecdote
Preposition
Parody
Clause
6. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Caesura
Biography
Fairy Tale
Historical fiction
7. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Aphorism
Article
Dialect (diction)
Semantics
8. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Onomatopoeia
Colloquialisms (diction)
Fable
Hubris
9. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes
Pragmatics
Enjambment
Allusion
verbal irony
10. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Haiku
Verse
Simile
Document (letter - diary - journal)
11. The perspective from which a story is told.
Assonance
Conjunction
Style
Point of View
12. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Style
Slang (diction)
Narration
Jargon
13. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Dactylic
Participle
Character
Existentialism
14. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.
Refrain
Phrase
Genre
Heroic couplet
15. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
Vulgarity
Diction
Denouement
Biography
16. 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
Verb
Repetition
Morphology
Short story
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
Alliteration
Style
Sonnet
Plot
18. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath
Epic
Archaic (diction)
Limerick
Heroic couplet
19. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.
4 sentence types
End rhyme
Limerick
Characterization
20. 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
Voice
Ambiguity
Haiku
Legend
21. 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 -
Point of View
Transcendentalism
Aphorism
Jargon (diction)
22. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Denotation
etymology
Verb
Historical fiction
23. The study of the meaning in language.
Denouement
Lyric
Semantics
Vulgarity
24. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Oxymoron
Clause
Malapropism
Cliche
25. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Semantics
Voice
Narration
Malapropism
26. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Fantasy
Dialect
Narration
Epic
27. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.
Oxymoron
Rhythm
Parody
Plot
28. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Voice
Dactylic
Sonnet
Simile
29. 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.
Myth
Simile
Narrative Point of View
Biography
30. 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.
Haiku
Existentialism
Mystery
Imagery
31. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Hubris
Pragmatics
Fable
Clause
32. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Euphemism
Autobiography
Analogy
Foot
33. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Anapestic
Phonetics
Foot
Pragmatics
34. 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.
Adverb
etymology
Anapestic Meter
Article
35. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Flashback
Connotation
verbal irony
Folktale
36. 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
Essay
First Person
Tragedy
Moral
37. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.
Ambiguity
Heroic couplet
Mystery
Phrase
38. U '
Iambic (foot)
Elegy
Blank verse
Conflict
39. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Flashback
Clause
Antagonist
Tone
40. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Couplet
Profanity (diction)
Personification
Denotation
41. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Character
Rhetoric
Denotation
Repetition
42. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Essay
Antagonist
Allusion
Stanza
43. 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
End rhyme
Dialect (diction)
Anecdote
Romance
44. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Allegory
Trochaic (foot)
Characterization
Symbol
45. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Lyric
Semantics
Slang (diction)
Onomatopoeia
46. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Connotation
Double speak
Voice
Paradox
47. 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
Apostrophe
Point of View
Style
Fantasy
48. The main section of a long poem.
Canto
Elegy
Horror
Verb
49. 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
Fairy Tale
Malapropism
Moral
Pragmatics
50. 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.
Parody
Foreshadowing
Mystery
Adjective