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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. A wise saying - usually short and written.






6. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






7. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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.






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






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27. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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36. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






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






46. A person or being in a narrative






47. 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.






48. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






49. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






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