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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.
Allegory
Profanity (diction)
Metaphor
Phrase
2. The writer says one thing and means another
Allegory
Pronoun
verbal irony
Diction
3. 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.
Myth
Pragmatics
Lyric
Omniscient
4. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Cliche
Satire
Moral
Foreshadowing
5. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Iambic (foot)
Blank verse
Phrase
Allegory
6. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Novel
Setting
Euphemism
Apostrophe
7. 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.
Legend
Imagery
Article
Irony
8. 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.
Diction
Anapestic Meter
Allegory
Enjambment
9. 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
Vulgarity
Plot
Foot
Oxymoron
10. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Couplet
Style
Frame tale
dramatic irony
11. Persuasive writing.
Essay
Rhetoric
Pronoun
Caesura
12. 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.
Heroic couplet
Denouement
Hyperbole
Characterization
13. 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.
Apostrophe
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Haiku
Stanza
14. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Jargon
Onomatopoeia
Heroic couplet
Western
15. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Short story
Genre
Limited omniscient
Paradox
16. ' U
dramatic irony
Short story
Trochaic (foot)
Assonance
17. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Slang (diction)
Double speak
Symbol
Simile
18. A person or being in a narrative
Frame tale
Enjambment
dramatic irony
Character
19. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
situation irony
Hubris
Meter
Symbol
20. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Limited omniscient
Short story
Foreshadowing
First Person
21. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Verb
Article
Simile
situation irony
22. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Oxymoron
Refrain
Verse
Connosance
23. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.
Iambic (foot)
Aphorism
Flashback
Ambiguity
24. 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
Verb
Allusion
Frame tale
Ballad
25. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Anecdote
Protagonist
Jargon (diction)
Foot
26. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Elegy
Euphemism
Assonance
Apostrophe
27. 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.
Imagery
Phonetics
Dactylic
Existentialism
28. 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
Legend
dramatic irony
Analogy
Denotation
29. 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
Profanity (diction)
Free verse
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Genre
30. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Aphorism
Romance
Sonnet
Article
31. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Foreshadowing
Colloquialisms (diction)
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
32. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Foot
Novel
Conflict
Moral
33. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.
Aphorism
Archaic (diction)
Rhythm
Symbol
34. U U '
Moral
Anapestic Meter
Anapestic
Biography
35. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Refrain
Couplet
Diction
Science fiction
36. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.
Euphemism
Rhythm
Plot
Refrain
37. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Epic
Novel
Conflict
Allusion
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
Conflict
Sonnet
Connosance
Hyperbole
39. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Elegy
Analogy
Dactylic
Existentialism
40. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Protagonist
Third Person
Moral
Archaic (diction)
41. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Connotation
Dialect (diction)
Denotation
Dactylic
42. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
verbal irony
Colloquialisms (diction)
Anecdote
Jargon (diction)
43. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
Repetition
Science fiction
Pragmatics
Parody
44. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Personification
Character
Heroic couplet
45. A poem that is a mournful lament for the dead. Examples include William Shakespeare's 'Eligy' from Cymbeline - Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Requiem -' and Alfred Lord Tennysone's 'In Memoriam.'
Vulgarity
Elegy
Anecdote
Irony
46. 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.
Holistic Scoring
Noun
situation irony
Frame tale
47. 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
Blank verse
Western
Short story
Folktale
48. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym
Connotation
Foreshadowing
Canto
Romance
49. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.
Adverb
Pragmatics
Characterization
situation irony
50. 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
Connosance
Horror
dramatic irony
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