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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. The story is told by someone outside the story.






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






13. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






14. 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






15. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






16. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






17. The study of the meaning in language.






18. 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.






19. A break in the rhythm of language - particularly a natural pause in a in a line of verse - maked in prosody by a double vertical line ( || ). Ex. Arma virumque cano - || Troiae qui primus ab oris .






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.






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






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






28. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






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






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






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






33. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






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






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






36. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. The study of the orgin of words






41. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. A person or being in a narrative






47. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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






50. 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