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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Hubris
Holistic Scoring
Adjective
Conflict
2. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Internal rhyme
Narrative Point of View
Lyric
Irony
3. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Setting
Hyperbole
Novella
4. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.
Ballad
Denotation
Rhetoric
Character
5. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Pragmatics
Malapropism
Flashback
Fable
6. The study of the meaning in language.
Paradox
Diction
Allegory
Semantics
7. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Tragedy
Participle
Tone
Semantics
8. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Omniscient
Syntax
Limerick
Novel
9. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Repetition
Blank verse
Caesura
Third Person
10. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Novel
Phonetics
Alliteration
Article
11. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Folktale
etymology
Verb
Characterization
12. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
situation irony
Autobiography
Cliche
Adverb
13. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.
Malapropism
Euphemism
Ambiguity
Clause
14. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Allusion
Imagery
Canto
Foreshadowing
15. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Simile
Science fiction
Dialect
Existentialism
16. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.
Genre
Pragmatics
Omniscient
Syntax
17. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Romance
Phonetics
Repetition
Conflict
18. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Connotation
Narrative Point of View
Vulgarity
Plot
19. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Tragedy
Document (letter - diary - journal)
First Person
Mood
20. 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
First Person
Mood
Holistic Scoring
Western
21. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Colloquialisms (diction)
Meter
Elegy
Rhythm
22. 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
Anapestic Meter
Fairy Tale
Folktale
Archaic (diction)
23. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Archaic (diction)
Connosance
Refrain
Plot
24. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Simile
Noun
Frame tale
Setting
25. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Transcendentalism
Holistic Scoring
Imagery
Third Person
26. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels
Irony
Autobiography
Simile
Connosance
27. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Narrative Point of View
Lyric
Verb
Moral
28. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.
Voice
Syntax
Article
Fantasy
29. A person or being in a narrative
Character
Limited omniscient
Denouement
Couplet
30. The study of the orgin of words
Participle
etymology
Historical fiction
Haiku
31. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Personification
Fantasy
Ambiguity
Syntax
32. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.
Double speak
Lyric
Aphorism
End rhyme
33. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Archaic (diction)
Slang (diction)
Ambiguity
Tone
34. The study of the structure of sentences.
Phonology
Refrain
Apostrophe
Syntax
35. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.
Profanity (diction)
Parody
Allusion
Fairy Tale
36. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.
Anapestic Meter
Setting
Connotation
Genre
37. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Denouement
Anapestic Meter
First Person
Anecdote
38. 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
etymology
Cliche
Novel
39. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
Frame tale
Folktale
Phonology
Cliche
40. 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
Anecdote
Existentialism
Legend
Euphemism
41. 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.
Ambiguity
Stanza
Blank verse
Morphology
42. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Adjective
Hubris
Myth
Meter
43. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.
Conflict
Third Person
Article
Symbol
44. The telling of a story.
Verse
Colloquialisms (diction)
Existentialism
Narration
45. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Hubris
Lyric
Mood
Aphorism
46. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
situation irony
Antagonist
Genre
Biography
47. 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
Sonnet
Hyperbole
4 sentence types
Conflict
48. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
Hubris
Diction
Western
Elegy
49. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Fantasy
Blank verse
Anecdote
Antagonist
50. 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.
Metaphor
Genre
Irony
Novella