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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






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






14. 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.






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






16. An extended fictional prose narrative.






17. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






24. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. The study of the orgin of words






29. A wise saying - usually short and written.






30. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






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






32. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






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






36. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






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






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






39. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






49. The study of the structure of sentences.






50. 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.