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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






2. 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






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






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






5. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






6. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






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






8. A genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot - theme - and/or setting. Examples include J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia - and William Morris' The Well at the World's E






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






10. The story is told from the point of view of one character.






11. 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.






12. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






13. The writer says one thing and means another






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






15. 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 .






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.'






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






21. Persuasive writing.






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






27. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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.






31. The telling of a story.






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






33. The study of the orgin of words






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






35. 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.






36. The study of the structure of words.






37. 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.






38. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






39. 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.






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






41. U U '






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






43. 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






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






46. The study of the structure of sentences.






47. 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.






48. A contradictory statement that makes sense






49. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






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