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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






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






3. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






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






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






7. 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 -






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






9. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






10. 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






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






12. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






14. The main section of a long poem.






15. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






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






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






18. 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






19. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






21. A person or being in a narrative






22. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






23. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning. There are three types....Dramatic - Verbal - Situation.






24. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






26. 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.






27. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. The study of the structure of words.






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






35. 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.






36. A document organized in paragraph form that can be long or short and can be in the form of a letter - dialogue - or discussion. Examples include Politics and the English Language by George Orwell - The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson - and Mo






37. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






38. A story about a person's life written by another person.






39. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






40. 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.






41. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






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






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






44. A wise saying - usually short and written.






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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