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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






2. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






3. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






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






9. 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.






10. A person or being in a narrative






11. The study of the meaning in language.






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






14. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').






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






16. A narrative technique in which the main story is composed primarily for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories - each of which is a story within a story. Examples include Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Ovid's Metamorphoses - and Em






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.






26. The time and place in which a story occurs.






27. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






32. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.






33. The study of the orgin of words






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






35. Persuasive writing.






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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.






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41. The perspective from which a story is told.






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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






46. A wise saying - usually short and written.






47. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels






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






49. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






50. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.