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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






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






8. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






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






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






11. 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






12. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






19. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






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






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






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






23. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






24. A contradictory statement that makes sense






25. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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27. A word that connects other words or groups of words. Ex. In the sentence Bob and Dan are friends - the _____ 'and' connects two nouns and in the sentence.






28. 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






29. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






30. 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






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






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






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






34. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






35. 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.






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






37. A person's account of his or hew own life.






38. Meter that is composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented - usually used in light or whimsical poetry - such as limerick.






39. The study of the structure of sentences.






40. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.






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






42. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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. The telling of a story.






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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