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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






2. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






3. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






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






7. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






8. The study of the structure of words.






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






10. 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






11. 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 -






12. 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






13. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






21. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. The writer says one thing and means another






29. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






30. 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.






31. 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






32. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






33. 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.






34. The telling of a story.






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






36. The story is told by someone outside the story.






37. 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.






38. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






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






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






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






42. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.






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