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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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1. 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
Existentialism
Paradox
Foot
Point of View
2. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Jargon (diction)
Short story
Simile
Personification
3. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Onomatopoeia
situation irony
Style
Satire
4. 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.
Pragmatics
Adverb
Novella
Conjunction
5. U U '
Cliche
Iambic (foot)
Anecdote
Anapestic
6. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Repetition
Phonetics
Essay
Voice
7. 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.
Allegory
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Syntax
8. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Limited omniscient
Personification
End rhyme
Imagery
9. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
Limited omniscient
Free verse
Verse
Voice
10. 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.'
Elegy
Semantics
Myth
Hyperbole
11. A person or being in a narrative
Jargon (diction)
situation irony
Haiku
Character
12. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Third Person
Frame tale
Antagonist
First Person
13. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'
Metaphor
dramatic irony
Anapestic
Dactylic
14. ' U
Hubris
Trochaic (foot)
Participle
Mystery
15. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Omniscient
Setting
Adjective
Foreshadowing
16. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Blank verse
Narrative Point of View
Iambic (foot)
Science fiction
17. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Limited omniscient
Dialect (diction)
Clause
Dialect
18. U '
Narration
Iambic (foot)
Allusion
Denouement
19. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Noun
Ambiguity
Dialect
Historical fiction
20. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie
Noun
Euphemism
Colloquialisms (diction)
Symbol
21. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Denotation
Verb
Diction
Trochaic (foot)
22. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Morphology
Narrative Point of View
First Person
Article
23. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Colloquialisms (diction)
Phonology
Simile
Analogy
24. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Plot
Diction
Participle
Dialect (diction)
25. A story about a person's life written by another person.
Biography
Rhythm
Legend
Anapestic
26. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
Denotation
Allegory
Free verse
Omniscient
27. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
situation irony
Novella
Assonance
Irony
28. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.
Antagonist
Mood
Pronoun
Pragmatics
29. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
Trochaic (foot)
situation irony
Euphemism
Diction
30. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.
Moral
Biography
Horror
Genre
31. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Denotation
Repetition
Dialect
Analogy
32. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Parody
Mystery
Assonance
Blank verse
33. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
etymology
Anapestic
Internal rhyme
Existentialism
34. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
etymology
Tone
Novel
Narrative Point of View
35. 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.
Hyperbole
Jargon (diction)
Pronoun
Oxymoron
36. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.
Phrase
Dialect
Vulgarity
Double speak
37. 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.
Biography
Jargon (diction)
Conjunction
Anapestic
38. 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 -
Short story
Ballad
Transcendentalism
Conjunction
39. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Satire
Characterization
4 sentence types
Repetition
40. Persuasive writing.
Colloquialisms (diction)
Rhetoric
Blank verse
Fairy Tale
41. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Aphorism
Anecdote
Meter
Archaic (diction)
42. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Historical fiction
Jargon (diction)
Phonetics
Allegory
43. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Clause
Refrain
Romance
Narrative Point of View
44. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Double speak
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Iambic (foot)
Antagonist
45. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.
Tone
Hubris
Symbol
Phrase
46. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Apostrophe
Repetition
Clause
Aphorism
47. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Characterization
Dialect
Third Person
Anecdote
48. A novel set in the western U.S. featuring the experiences of cowboys and frontiersmen. Examples include Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage and Trail Driver - Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove - Conrad Richter's The Sea of Grass - Fran Striker's The Lo
Western
Fantasy
Semantics
Diction
49. A word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. The lazy dog sat on the rug - the word lazy is an ____ which gives more information about the noun dog.
Tragedy
Sonnet
Point of View
Adjective
50. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Heroic couplet
Internal rhyme
Short story
Verse