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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.'






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






3. A socially accepted word or phrase used to replace unacceptable language - such as expressions for bodily functions or body parts. Also used as substitutes for straightforward words to tactfully conceal or falsify meaning. Ex. My grandmother passed a






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






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






6. An extended fictional prose narrative.






7. 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






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






9. Persuasive writing.






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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






24. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.






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






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






27. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






28. The study of the structure of words.






29. 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.






30. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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34. 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






35. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.






41. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.






42. The telling of a story.






43. 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 -






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






45. 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.






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






47. The study of the meaning in language.






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






49. A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains...Couplet: Two - lines - Triplet: Three - lines - Quatrain: Four - lines - Quintet: Five - lines - Sestet: Six- lines - Septet: Seven - lines - Octave: Eight - lines.






50. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.