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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






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






3. 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






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5. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).






6. 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






7. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






8. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






9. A person or being in a narrative






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






11. 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






12. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






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






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






15. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






19. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






20. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






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






29. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






30. 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.






31. The study of the structure of words.






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






33. 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






34. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 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






40. The main section of a long poem.






41. The perspective from which a story is told.






42. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






43. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.






44. The study of the meaning in language.






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






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






47. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






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






49. 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.'






50. 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.