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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






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






3. 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






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






6. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






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






8. Persuasive writing.






9. 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






10. 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






11. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






12. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning. There are three types....Dramatic - Verbal - Situation.






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. The telling of a story.






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






19. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. A person or being in a narrative






29. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.






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






31. 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 .






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






33. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






34. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






40. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






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






42. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






48. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






49. A type of Japanese poem that is written in 17 syllables with three lines of five - seven - and five syllables - respectively. Expresses a single thought.






50. An extended fictional prose narrative.