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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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1. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.
Dactylic
Biography
Phrase
Slang (diction)
2. 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.
Morphology
Fable
Adjective
Rhetoric
3. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Colloquialisms (diction)
Moral
Frame tale
Archaic (diction)
4. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Fairy Tale
Characterization
Metaphor
Stanza
5. U '
situation irony
Rhetoric
Syntax
Iambic (foot)
6. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Character
Blank verse
Rhetoric
Cliche
7. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Novella
Moral
Myth
Adverb
8. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Dialect (diction)
Ambiguity
Archaic (diction)
Irony
9. ' U U
Jargon
Biography
Tragedy
Dactylic
10. The study of the structure of words.
Morphology
Essay
Horror
Novel
11. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Point of View
Tragedy
Phrase
Anecdote
12. Persuasive writing.
Short story
Western
Rhetoric
Denotation
13. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Myth
Phrase
Meter
Short story
14. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Third Person
Allusion
Connotation
Antagonist
15. 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 -
Transcendentalism
etymology
Jargon (diction)
Adjective
16. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.
Style
Holistic Scoring
Science fiction
Alliteration
17. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Mystery
Romance
Canto
Double speak
18. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Antagonist
Paradox
Dialect (diction)
19. 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
Frame tale
Elegy
Cliche
Euphemism
20. 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
Enjambment
Narration
Assonance
End rhyme
21. The study of the structure of sentences.
4 sentence types
Syntax
Foreshadowing
Epic
22. The telling of a story.
Ambiguity
Narration
Antagonist
Third Person
23. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels
Dialect
Adverb
Connosance
Document (letter - diary - journal)
24. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Refrain
Caesura
Haiku
Setting
25. The narrator records the actions from his or her point of view - unaware of any of the other characters' thoughts or feelings. Also known as the objective view.
Camera view
Character
Jargon
Setting
26. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.
Ambiguity
Preposition
Oxymoron
Slang (diction)
27. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.
Setting
Blank verse
Jargon (diction)
Simile
28. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Western
Clause
Verse
Short story
29. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Setting
Plot
Simile
Limerick
30. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Rhythm
Allusion
Novel
End rhyme
31. 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
Epic
Phonology
Onomatopoeia
Allegory
32. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Narrative Point of View
Meter
Autobiography
Pragmatics
33. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Dactylic
Phrase
Jargon
Colloquialisms (diction)
34. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Tragedy
Aphorism
Western
Autobiography
35. 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
Anapestic Meter
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Horror
Biography
36. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Refrain
Allegory
Jargon
Allusion
37. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Irony
Parody
Personification
Participle
38. 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
Irony
Character
Sonnet
Onomatopoeia
39. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl
situation irony
Limerick
Adjective
Short story
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
Canto
Tragedy
Rhetoric
Legend
41. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Limerick
Point of View
Voice
Repetition
42. 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.
Omniscient
Dialect
Novel
Haiku
43. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Parody
Holistic Scoring
First Person
Euphemism
44. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Tone
Ballad
Jargon
Flashback
45. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.
End rhyme
Article
Diction
Frame tale
46. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
Adjective
Lyric
Clause
Foreshadowing
47. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Profanity (diction)
Satire
Free verse
Diction
48. 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.
Pragmatics
Folktale
Stanza
Phonology
49. A metrical ______ is defined as one stressed syllable and a number of unstressed syllables (from zero to as many as four). Stressed syllables are indicated by the ? symbol. Unstressed syllables are indicated by the ? symbol. There are four possible t
Foot
Onomatopoeia
Iambic (foot)
Haiku
50. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Symbol
Verb
Epic
Dialect (diction)