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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






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






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






15. 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.






16. The writer says one thing and means another






17. 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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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






22. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






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






26. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






27. 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.'






28. 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






29. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






32. A contradictory statement that makes sense






33. 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 -






34. A narrative form - such as an epic - legend - myth - song - poem - or fable - that has been retold within a culture for generations. Examples include The People Couldn't Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and And Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Sch






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






36. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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38. 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






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






40. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.






41. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






42. 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






43. A word which can be used instead of a noun. Ex instead of saying John is a student - the ____ he can be used in place of the noun John and the sentence becomes He is a student.






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






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






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






47. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.






48. 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.






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






50. 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.