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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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.






5. The perspective from which a story is told.






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. The study of the structure of words.






10. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.






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






12. 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






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






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






15. A wise saying - usually short and written.






16. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






17. The main section of a long poem.






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






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






20. 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.






21. The study of the orgin of words






22. 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






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24. 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.






25. The study of the structure of sentences.






26. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






27. The time and place in which a story occurs.






28. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






30. 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






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






32. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






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






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






35. 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






36. A turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons (or a personified abstraction) who is present of absent. For example - in a recent performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet - Hamlet turned to the audience and spoke directly to one w






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






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






39. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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